{"id":3632,"date":"2022-11-03T14:03:43","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T19:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stalbansbolivar.org\/?p=3632"},"modified":"2022-11-03T14:03:43","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T19:03:43","slug":"october-20th-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stalbansbolivar.org\/?p=3632","title":{"rendered":"October 20th, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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St Alban’s Episcopal Church<\/strong>
Bolivar, Missouri<\/strong>

Thursday, October 20, 2022<\/strong>

Remembering St Luke<\/strong>
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Episcopalians in this diocese have reason to be proud – St Luke’s Health System is a ministry of the Episcopal Church. Two hospitals: St Luke’s North and St Luke’s South,\u00a0 St Luke’s residential hospice and Bishop Spencer Place, a retirement and rehab center are still under the oversight of the Diocese of West Missouri. The bishop serves as chair of the Board of Directors.\u00a0
The predecessor of this now huge system, was founded by an Episcopal priest, The Rev. Henry David\u00a0Jardine<\/em>\u00a0in 1882. (Yes, you know that name – our bishop sf the Rt Rev. Diane\u00a0Jardine<\/em>\u00a0Bruce…)
But why is it called,\u00a0St Luke’s?\u00a0<\/strong>The Bible calls him a physician, in Colossians. The church has associated him with doctors and healing ever since.

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The picture above is the entrance to St Luke’s Hospice – Below is the chapel at the hospice.\u00a0

What about the gospel of Luke?<\/strong> As you have probably noticed, we read the Gospel of Luke during lectionary Year C – That began last Advent and will continue until the end of ordinary time\u00a0on November 20.\u00a0(With the beginning of Advent, November 27, 2022 we will begin again in Year A, to read through the Gospel of Matthew.)\u00a0<\/em>

If you are a careful reader or listener, you will recognize that there is a huge difference in tone and emphasis between Matthew, Mark (Year B) and Luke.\u00a0

Luke is the only gospel to include the familiar infancy narratives – Mary and the angel, shepherds, angels in the field the baby in a manger. And Luke is full of stories of healing. He emphasizes God’s welcome of outsiders, foreigners, Gentiles, women and children.\u00a0\u00a0

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What’s with the winged ox – bull?<\/strong>
Each of the four evangelists has a traditional symbol that often stands in for pictures of the men themselves.\u00a0Luke’s symbol is the sacrificial animal – because his gospel begins and ends in the Temple, where sacrifices are offered – in Luke’s mind, Jesus himself is the one that is offered, and the one who offers himself. It is a reflection of the sense of self-giving that I repeat at nearly every Eucharist, although it is not a Lucan phrase:\u00a0“Walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God” (Ephesians 5:2)\u00a0

And the wings?<\/strong>
Each of the symbol has wings! Matthew’s is alternatively a winged man or an angel, Mark’s is a winged lion, Luke’s a winged ox, and John’s an eagle –\u00a0The work of an evangelist, is to spread the evangel – the good news – and wings represent speed – the ability to get the news quickly from one place to another.\u00a0
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