Hi everyone. In this special bonus episode today, I want to introduce you to the Gospel of Luke

because in the next few weeks we're going to be spending quite a bit of time

in the Gospel of Luke. And it's always really helpful to get a bit of background information

about who the author is and what his intention is and the kind of things that he focuses on

when he's writing his gospel because all four Gospels sort of do things a little bit differently, even

though they're all telling basically the same story.

So when do we hear from the Gospel of Luke?

Well, it's read on weekdays semi-continuously, which means basically from front to back,

although with some gaps every now and then, in the latter part of every

year. So in the weekday cycle, you would hear this from week 22 of ordinary time until

week 34 of ordinary time, so roughly three months in the sort of second half of the year. So usually

August until November. If you go to a weekday mass, you'll hear from

the Gospel of Luke. So chapters one to three of Luke are read in the Advent and Christmas season.

They're all about the birth of Christ and the birth of John the Baptist. So there's a lot of that

in chapters, one to three around Advent and Christmas. And then chapter 4 is where ordinary time readings start.

So on week 22 Monday, it starts at Luke chapter 4. And that's usually around August 30th,

although that does change every year depending on the calendar. So in ordinary time, it goes from

chapter 4 right through until chapter 21, which finishes at the end of week 34 in Ordinary Time it goes from chapter 4 right through until chapter 21, which finishes

at the end of week 34 of ordinary time.

So usually around November 30th is when this weekday exploration of Luke finishes, and that

takes you right up till the start of Advent, basically.

What about Sundays?

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