Whatever town you enter and they welcome you, eat what is set before you, cure the sick in it and say to them, ‘The Kingdom of God is at hand for you.' (Lk 10:1-9)
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Among Gospel writers, Luke-Acts is interesting because it is a two-volume effort, both of which are “gospel” according to the writer. Even though we separate the two books in our Bibles, the story of Jesus and the story of the early community both proclaim ‘The Kingdom of God is at hand for you.’ The Cotton Patch version of Luke-Acts was subtitled, Jesus’ Doings and the Happenings.
These reflections are a result of more than 40 years of ministry as a Roman Catholic priest. Most of these years I spent in the Diocese of Charlotte which covers Western North Carolina. Now I am retired, and live in Medellín, Colombia where I continue to serve as a priest in the Archdiocese of Medellín.
Saint Luke, evangelist, October 18
