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Hey there, sprouts. Today is Friday, October 18th, 2024. Today is also the feast day of one of the men who

wrote a gospel. St. Luke the evangelist has his feast day today. We know that Luke may not have met Jesus, but he hung out

with tons of people who had met Jesus. He was a traveling companion of St. Paul. And as the story

goes, when they were on a break from a trip, St. Paul and St. Luke went to Jerusalem to spend time with Mary. While they

were there, Luke painted Mary's portrait. On a table that Jesus had built, at least that's

what tradition tells us, and you can go look up that picture still. He also heard all of Mary's

stories about what happened before Jesus was

born and the way that Jesus was born. And this is why those stories are only found in Luke's

gospel. Luke also wrote the Acts of the Apostles, which chronicle the early church, the Apostles

travels, their death, how they went to

various places and built churches. Those were all written by St. Luke, who we remember was a Greek

physician. And Luke himself eventually died a martyr in Greece when he was 80 years old.

Now, this week on the Catholic Express podcast, we are talking about hope.

This week, today, rather, we are going to conclude our conversation of hope by talking about

Mary.

First, though, join me in the morning offering, which is our prayer this month.

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, amen.

O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer you my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings of this day, for all the intentions of your

sacred heart, in union with the holy sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world, in reparation

for my sins, for the intentions of all my relatives and friends, and in particular, for the

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