#gospel of luke

[lionofchaeronea]

Incipit of the Gospel of Luke (Quoniam quidem multi...), fol. 188r from the Book of Kells, created in an Irish or Scottish monastery ca. 800. Now in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin.

[apenitentialprayer]

You know, until I heard Pope Francis describe the gaze of Jesus that makes Peter break down crying in Luke 22:61-62 as one of compassion and understanding, I didn't realize I had been unconsciously assuming that it was one of accusation and "I told you so."

[greater-than-the-sword]

Utterances of Christ on the cross in the gospel of Luke | Statements of Stephen the Martyr in Acts (also by Luke)

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[artandthebible]

The Angel Appearing to Zacharias

Artist: William Blake (British, 1757–1827)

Date: 1799–1800

Medium: Pen and black ink, tempera, and glue size on canvas

Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY, United States

Description

Blake devoted much of the year 1799–1800 to fifty biblical scenes drawn, a commission he received from his principal patron, the government clerk Thomas Butts. About thirty of these works have been identified; it is thought that some have not survived owing to the fragility of the materials. This scene illustrates verses from Luke I:11–13, in which the archangel Gabriel appears to the righteous Zacharias, a high priest of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem, to announce that Zacharias’s elderly and barren wife will give birth to a son, Saint John the Baptist.

[weavergrovedevotional]

This is my verse for 2025 🤍

Happy new year to all my friends, and the friends yet to be made! I pray that 2025 is kind to you, and that the Lord’s hand guides your life in the best directions! 🩷

[preraphaelitepaintings]

The Annunciation

Artist: Edward Coley Burne-Jones (English, 1833-1898)

Date: 1879

Medium: Oil paint on canvas

Collection: National Museums Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Description

'The Annunciation' depicts the events described in the Gospel according to St Luke, chapter 1, verses 26-35. The Archangel Gabriel appears to the Virgin Mary, saying ‘…you have found favour with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call him Jesus…’.

This subject was painted several times by Burne-Jones but this painting is the most important. Gabriel, suspended in space, appears to emerge from a tall bay or olive tree. The architectural background is clearly inspired by the artist’s visits to Italy in 1871 and 1873.

The artist’s travels in Italy encouraged him to paint with a greater sense of classical structure and spatial organization. The monumental architecture, the pale, sombre colours and the statuesque figures lend an austere grandeur to the Virgin’s predicament. The model for the Virgin is stated to have been Mrs. Leslie Stephen, then (appropriately) pregnant with her fourth child who would become the celebrated artist Vanessa Bell.

[idylls-of-the-divine-romance]

Luke - the Gospel for Revolutionaries. Do you love the poor and outcast? Are you upset with the way things are in the world? Do you think love and compassion will save the world? Luke is the Gospel for you.

Fr Casey Cole

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus

19 Jesus said, “There was a rich man who always dressed in the finest clothes. He was so rich that he was able to enjoy all the best things every day. 20 There was also a very poor man named Lazarus. Lazarus’ body was covered with sores. He was often put by the rich man’s gate. 21 Lazarus wanted only to eat the scraps of food left on the floor under the rich man’s table. And the dogs came and licked his sores.

22 “Later, Lazarus died. The angels took him and placed him in the arms of Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried. 23 He was sent to the place of death and was in great pain. He saw Abraham far away with Lazarus in his arms. — Luke 16:19-23 | Easy-to-Read Version (ERV) Easy-to-Read Version Bible Copyright © 2006 by Bible League International Cross References: Proverbs 31:22; Ezekiel 16:49; Matthew 11:23; Matthew 15:27; Matthew 26:71; Luke 16:24; John 1:18; John 13:23

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The Meaning of the Rich Man and Lazarus Parable

[nopizzaaftermidnight]

[forsakenbythenarrative]

really incredible to see how the reflection of the love of jesus' father is there at his death.

joseph, himself, was not there. probably, he passed before jesus began his ministry. but to think of how jesus probably watched his father, a carpenter, accidentally hit has hand with a hammer or drive a nail into one of his fingers and then as he has nails driven into him and is beaten, he must be thinking of his dad. to carry planks of wood up a hill and remember his father doing the same, to be pulled up to standing on the cross and remember the walls he watched his father lift to uphold the roof of a house. everything there reminds him of the man who laid himself down to the divine plan of the woman he loved, who chose to raise his son when many men would have walked away.

and then for the gospel of luke to tell us that a man named joseph, a member of the council who objected to the crucifixion, cares for his body after his death. to see his body wrapped in linen as he was wrapped in swaddling cloth and his body placed inside the tomb as it was placed inside the manger.

the love of jesus' father is there. by the love of a man who did not have to, he was not required, he just stepped in where he saw someone in need of care, jesus is carried both into this world and out of it.

by this example, we are told to carry one another when one another needs carrying. it is our responsibility to love people who we see missing love somewhere love is meant to be.

[saras-devotionals]

Quiet Time 3/14

What am I feeling today?

Absolutely terrible. I’ve been sick for over a week now and it’s just gotten worse. I haven’t been able to sleep and I’ve lost my voice and I had to miss school and work for two days and I’m not looking forward to having to make all that work up. I also neglected my time with God, I decided to go to other things for comfort during this time instead of turning to Him which has been weighing on me. I feel like a failure since I’ve strayed from my routine. I’ve been wasting away in my bed for a couple days now and I know that technically my body needs the rest, but I feel so useless when I’m not doing anything productive.

Luke 8 NIV

(v. 11-15) ““This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God. Those along the path are the ones who hear, and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved. Those on the rocky ground are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in the time of testing they fall away. The seed that fell among thorns stands for those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by life’s worries, riches and pleasures, and they do not mature. But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop.”

I will be honest in saying that this parable troubles me at times. I wonder if I’m the rocky soil or the one with thorns. It’s always been something that has bothered me because I don’t want that to be the case. I know I was so joyful when I received my salvation but even with such short time, I’ve struggled and weakened. I wonder if it’s that my faith is wavering or if I’m just experiencing the spiritual desert, I don’t understand how to discern the difference between the two. Maybe the world is also killing my walk, I have so much that I commit myself to that every day I wake up and feel it’s a battle to get through it all. And I’m tired. I’m so young but I’m just so so tired by life, I’m drained, I’m exhausted, I’m deflated, I’m drained, and I just wish I could escape from it all sometimes. I’m tired of fighting but every day I have to keep praying to God to give me the strength. If it weren’t for Him, I’d never be able to keep going through it.

(v. 17-18) “For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open. Therefore consider carefully how you listen. Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what they think they have will be taken from them.””

Just further reinforcing that He knows all we do and that there’s no hiding anything from Him. How foolish would we be if we thought we could conceal some of our sins? Something I’m currently battling is idolatry in a few areas. I know that it’s empty and that the feeling fades and it’s a sin and everything else but I’m having a hard time shaking it. If God needs to destroy it then so be it because I don’t know how to do it myself. Idk I think I’m just having a hard time and feel stuck and trapped in my own skin if that makes sense. I can’t shake the feeling of me existing and it’s bothering me so much.

(v. 24-25) “The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Master, Master, we’re going to drown!” He got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters; the storm subsided, and all was calm. “Where is your faith?” he asked his disciples. In fear and amazement they asked one another, “Who is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him.””

I think this is something that applies to every trial of our lives. The disciples were scared and worried and Jesus had to ask where’s the faith. I think he asks the same of us when we go through tough times and don’t fully rely on him. I think he may be asking me that right now because my anxiety gnaws at me like a dog with a bone and it’s so hard to take it away.

(v. 30-31) “Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” “Legion,” he replied, because many demons had gone into him. And they begged Jesus repeatedly not to order them to go into the Abyss.”

I just wonder about the Abyss. That struck my interest because I wonder if it’s just hell, a part of hell, or something else entirely.

(v. 47-48) “Then the woman, seeing that she could not go unnoticed, came trembling and fell at his feet. In the presence of all the people, she told why she had touched him and how she had been instantly healed. Then he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace.””

I just think this is comforting. She had faith so strong that just by touching Jesus she was healed. How incredible is that? How inspiring is it? Our faith is a powerful thing and something we should not treat lightly. I wish to continue growing my faith, I wish to be the good soil.

[artandthebible]

Christ at the Home of Mary and Martha

Artist: Alessandro Allori (Italian, 1535–1607)

Date: 1605

Medium: Oil on poplar wood

Collection: Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Austria

Description

Mary and Martha are often portrayed as being in conflict with one another during Christ’s visit to their home. Martha is traditionally depicted hurrying around preparing food and drink to make Christ comfortable while Mary sits at the feet of Christ learning. But in this painting by the Florentine artist Alessandro Allori, dated 1603, both women are attentive to Christ and are in harmony. Allori, a second-generation Mannerist who was known for his brilliant color palette, elegant profiles and elaborately stylized garments, identifies the roles of the women. Martha has a tray with glasses, ready to quench the thirst of Christ. She represents, in the history of interpretation, the vita activa. Mary, representing the vita contemplativa, is kneeling and leans toward Christ as she steadies herself on a book (presumably the Bible), emblematic of her studious devotion. St. Ambrose observed: “Virtue does not have a single form. In the example of Martha and Mary, there is added the busy devotion of the one and the pious attention of the other to the Word of God” (Exposition of the Gospel of Luke). Still, Christ gestures toward Mary, a reminder that Mary’s is “the better part,” because actions—even acts of Christian charity and hospitality—if they are to be sustained, follow being. What we do flows naturally from who we are.

Luke 10:38-42, New International Version “As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!” “Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”

[weavergrovedevotional]

Name a better feeling than Bible study on the sabbath, I’ll wait 🤍

[craigtowens]

The Blessing Of Being There

Listen to the podcast of this post by clicking on the player below, and you can also subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or Audible.  https://craigtowens.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/the-blessing-of-being-there.mp3 Luke had previously spent a little time with the apostle Paul (Acts 16:10-18), but near the end of the historical record in the Book of Acts, we see Luke with Paul almost…

[romangoldendream]

Love is the only way

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

The Lord's Prayer

2 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.

3 Give us day by day our daily bread.

4 And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. — Luke 11:2-4 | King James Version (KJV) The King James Version Bible is in the public domain Cross References: Exodus 16:4; Psalm 78:24-25; Proverbs 30:8; Isaiah 29:23; Ezekiel 36:23; Matthew 6:10-12; Matthew 6:14-15; Matthew 18:35; John 6:31-35; Romans 8:15; Ephesians 4:32; Colossians 3:13; 1 John 1:9; 1 John 2:12

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Thoughts on Today's Verse We approach the Lord as the holy and almighty God to be worshiped in reverence and our Abba Father, whom we approach as loving children. Rather than needing long, ornate, and lofty prayers, God wants us to speak with him about the most basic everyday issues and needs of our lives, trusting that he hears us and responds to our spiritual and physical requests by doing what we need while aligning us to his will and blessing us with his grace.

The Thoughts on Today's Verse are written by Phil Ware.