Pass it on.

From today's reading: "I too decided, after investigating everything carefully from the very first, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, so that you may know the truth concerning the things about which you have been instructed." Luke 1:3-4 Today we celebrate St. Luke the Evangelist. It is because of the faithfulness of Luke, Mark, John, and Matthew that we have some understanding of Jesus Christ and his Father in Heaven. The Jewish people had closed the canon of scripture 600 years before the time of Jesus and there was really no impetus for the spread of the faith. The life, teaching and works of Jesus Christ opened up new dimensions and new depths into the understanding of God and his desire for his creation. In 1 Corinthians 15, Paul says, "For I handed on to you as of first importance what I in turn had received: " We can be eternally grateful for all the gospel writers for doing the same, passing on what they received. And when the opportunity arises, each of us is also called to share what we have received concerning the Lord. There is at least one person out there who needs to hear what you have to say and God will bless and honor and use even the most timid of our attempts to share.