2 Tim 4:10-17 / Luke 10:1-9 (2023)
To serve God by proclaiming the Good News is not as easy as it sounds.
From the 1st reading, we get to see that St. Paul had to struggle and endure a difficult time.
His band of co-workers had split up and some had even gone against him.
His only consolation was that St. Luke was with him, and he made it a point to say it.
From the few occasions that St. Paul mentioned him as his beloved physician, and from what St. Luke wrote in the Gospel and in the book of the Acts of the Apostles, we get to see what the person of St. Luke was like.
He was a committed friend of St. Paul, and he paid special attention to those that were forgotten or pushed aside by society.
He wrote about Jesus reaching out to the poor, the lowly, the outcasts, the sinners and women, who at that time had no status in society.
What he knew about Jesus, he wrote it in his gospel, and he certainly carried out in his life.
His commitment to St. Paul in his time of need bore witness to that.
As we read the gospel according to St. Luke and meditate on it, a challenge is also awaiting us.
We too have to write another account of Jesus.
It is going to be an account that is not written in words but in actions for all to see.
From that gospel of our lives, others will be able to see who Jesus is.