Reading Luke in Lent - Luke 6:17-16
Luke has referred to Jesus teaching a number of time. Now he gives us his teaching. There are...
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Reading Luke in Lent - Luke 6:1-16
Whenever bread is mentioned it is possible to make a connection with the Eucharist. Here the...
Reading Luke in Lent - Luke 5: 27-39
This is the first of the meals or banquets in Luke’s Gospel. Each meal is a foretaste of the Last...
Reading Luke in Lent - Luke 5: 1-26
Luke’s storytelling can have vivid touches: the boat pushed away from the shore, the removal of a...
Reading Luke in Lent - Luke 4: 1-13
Jesus, strengthened by the Holy Spirit, is led into the wilderness. Luke has just made a...
Reading Luke in Lent - Luke 4: 14-44
In the previous passage Jesus proclaimed the kingdom in words here it is proclaimed through his...
Reading Luke in Lent - Luke 3: 21-38
Jesus prays throughout Luke’s Gospel. Here, following his baptism, his prayer is answered by the...
Reading Luke in Lent - Luke 3: 1-20
Just as at the beginning of his Gospel, Luke gives the historical context for this new stage in...
Reading Luke in Lent - Luke 2: 20-52
Luke’s story of the births of John the Baptist and of Jesus began in the temple and here returns...
Reading Luke in Lent - Luke 2: 1-19
Just as in Chapter 1, Luke compared Jesus with John the Baptist, in Chapter 2 he compares Jesus...
Reading Luke in Lent - Luke 1: 57-80
The crowd is often fickle in Luke’s Gospel. They begin by rejoicing with Elizabeth but then put...
Reading Luke in Lent - Luke 1: 39-56
The encounter between Mary and Elizabeth is filled with joy. John the Baptist’s leaping in the...
Reading Luke in Lent - Luke 1: 26-38
The Annunciation is contrasted with the foretelling of the birth of John the Baptist to show that...
Reading Luke in Lent - Luke 1: 1-25
The narrative begins with the events leading up to the birth of Jesus, the only Gospel to do so,...
An introduction to our podcast series 'Reading Luke in Lent' by Fr Chris Thomas, General...
Reading Luke in Lent - Luke 9:28-62
In Luke’s Gospel Jesus prays before significant events. Mountains carry the resonance of Moses’...
Reading Luke in Lent - Luke 10:1-42
The formation of the disciples by Jesus continues. First three potential followers learn the cost...
Reading Luke in Lent - Luke 12:1-21
On the journey to Jerusalem the focus of Jesus’ preaching is what it means to be a disciple. In a...
Reading Luke in Lent - Luke 11:1-54
At the heart of this chapter is Jesus’ saying ‘Blessed are those who hear the word of God and...
Reading Luke in Lent - Luke 12: 22-48
Jesus’ phrases, ‘where your treasure is, there will your heart be also’, cuts both ways. The...
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