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Gospel Commentary for saturday, October 18, 2025
“How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of the messenger who announces peace, who brings good news!” (Isaiah 52:7; cf. Romans 10:15).
Today we celebrate the Feast of Saint Luke the Evangelist. Almost two thousand years later, his work still reaches us, continuing to proclaim the Good News of God’s love for all.
Biblical scholars tell us that the Gospels were not the work of a single person, but rather the fruit of a living community. The first Christian communities passed on the stories of Jesus—his deeds, his words, his gestures—by word of mouth. Only later were those stories written down, gradually taking shape into the Gospels as we know them today.
This reminds us of the many people who made up those early communities—men and women who cherished every story about Jesus, treasuring his memory in their hearts because he had become the center of their lives and the source of their hope. They worked so that the Good News would reach us too, becoming for us as well a source of life and hope.
Generation after generation, those words—first spoken, then written—have touched countless hearts and inspired so many people to make Jesus the center of their lives. Their witness reminds us that Jesus was far more than a hero of the past or a fighter for justice and equality. He was all that—and much more. He is the Son of God, the one who revealed to us the Kingdom. And for his sake, it’s worth leaving everything behind and following him.
Today is a day to give thanks—
for Luke,
for all those who worked with him to write his Gospel,
and for all those, across twenty centuries, who have given their energy and love so that the words, deeds, life, and death of Jesus could reach not only our minds but our hearts.