Here is "Letter to the
Reader" found inside the front cover of this magazine.
"According to legend,
St. Luke, author of the third Gospel, was thought to be both an artist and
physician; clearly he painted a beautiful portrait of the Blessed Virgin Mary
and the Holy Spirit coming down upon her and the Church, working through the
life of Jesus and the disciples. Throughout his Gospel, St. Luke was attentive
to the healing power of Jesus that stretched beyond all boundaries-bringing new
life to the dead, reconciliation and peace to Samaritans and foreigners,
especially concerned for the needs and well-being of widows and the poor.
As one author put
it many years ago, St. Luke presents Jesus as "the divine way of being
human and the human way of being divine." Fully God and fully human, the
Jesus of St. Luke's Gospel is a figure fully immersed in the history of his
times and the humble circumstances of Nazareth, but yet, touching every single
human life, past, present, and future by the abiding power of His Risen Spirit.
May you enjoy this opportunity to enter into
the spirituality, vision, and creativity of St. Luke, healer and physician,
artist and man of culture and history. Through his eyes, may you come to know
in a deeper way the mystery of the Lord Jesus Christ!"
Adam Cardinal Maida
Archbishop of Detroit
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