Today we celebrate the Evangelist St. Luke who also lived in the city of Antioch. He is said to have been a physician, and for those who like a "scientific" approach, he is our man. He opens his gospel by explaining his reason for feeling the need to write another gospel. "I too have decided, after investigating everything
accurately anew, to write it down in an orderly sequence for you, most
excellent Theophilus, so that you may realize the certainty(asfalia) of the teachings you have received."
The word asfalia means: firmness, stability, certainty, undoubted truth.
Perhaps this feast of St. Luke is a time for us to about the trust with which we believe the good news handed on to us in the gospel. Compare our trust in what our favorite news outlet tells us, and our trust in what the Church teaches, and has taught for two millennia. Which do we trust more? Which should we trust more?
As we celebrate St. Luke today, may we be just a bit firmer in our faith.
