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St. Luke the Evangelist
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He was one of
the 70 disciples mentioned in the tenth chapter of his
gospel. He accompanied the Apostles Peter and Paul and
wrote their account. After the martyrdom of these two
Apostles, he went through Rome preaching. Those who
worshipped idols and the Jews in Rome agreed among
themselves and went to Nero the Emperor accusing St. Luke
of attracting many men to his teaching with his sorcery.
Nero commanded that St. Luke be brought before him. When
St. Luke knew that, he gave all the books he had to a
fisherman and told him, "Take these and keep them for they
will be useful to you and will show you God's way." When
St. Luke came before Nero the Emperor, the Emperor asked
him, "How long will you lead the people astray?" St. Luke
replied, "I am not a magician, but I am an Apostle of the
Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God." The Emperor
commanded his men to cut off his right hand saying, "Cut
off this hand which wrote the books." The saint replied to
him, "We do not fear death, nor the departure from this
world, and to realize the power of my Master." He took up
his severed hand and made it reattach to its proper place,
then he separated it. Those who were present marveled and
the head of the Emperor's cabinet and his wife believed as
well as many others and it was said that they numbered
276. The Emperor wrote their decree and ordered that their
heads be cut off together with that of the Apostle St.
Luke; thus their martyrdom was completed. They placed the
body of the saint in a hair sack and cast it in the sea.
By God's will, the waves of the sea brought it to an
island. A believer found it, took it and buried it with
great honor. This saint wrote the Gospel bearing his name
and the "Acts of the Apostles" addressing his words to his
disciple Theophilus who was a gentile. |
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