Oct. 18: ST. LUKE THE EVANGELIST. Mass prayers and proper readings.

Oct. 18:
ST. LUKE THE EVANGELIST.
Mass prayers and proper readings.

A physician from Antioch, he was converted to the Christian faith. He was a disciple of St. Paul and a faithful companion in all his journeys. He was the author of the third Gospel and of the Acts of the Apostles. He was the evangelist who wrote about the childhood of Jesus and who has told us some of the most moving parables of the Lord, such as that of the lost sheep and the prodigal son. Luke died at age 84 in Boeotia. Luke’s Tomb was located in Thebes (Greece), from whence his relics were transferred to Constantinople in the year 357.

ENTRANCE ANTIPHON
Quam pulchri super montes pedes annuntiántis et prædicántis pacem, annuntiántis bonum, prædicántis salútem!
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings glad tidings of peace, bearing good news, announcing salvation.
[–» Greeting]

The Gloria in excelsis (Glory to God in the highest) is said.

COLLECT
Lord God, who chose Saint Luke to reveal by his preaching and writings the mystery of your love for the poor, grant that those who already glory in your Name may persevere as one heart and one soul, and that all nations may merit to see your salvation. Through our Lord.

Proper Readings

READING I
2 Tm 4:10–17b
Beloved: Demas, enamored of the present world, deserted me and went to Thessalonica, Crescens to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia. Luke is the only one with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is helpful to me in the ministry. I have sent Tychicus to Ephesus. When you come, bring the cloak I left with Carpus in Troas, the papyrus rolls, and especially the parchments. Alexander the coppersmith did me a great deal of harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds. You too be on guard against him, for he has strongly resisted our preaching.
At my first defense no one appeared on my behalf, but everyone deserted me. May it not be held against them! But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength, so that through me the proclamation might be completed and all the Gentiles might hear it.
 
RESPONSORIAL PSALM
R. Your friends make known, O Lord, the glorious splendor of your Kingdom.
Sancti tui, Dómine, notam fáciant glóriam regni tui.
Let all your works give you thanks, O Lord,
and let your faithful ones bless you.
Let them discourse of the glory of your Kingdom
and speak of your might.
R.
Making known to men your might
and the glorious splendor of your Kingdom.
Your Kingdom is a Kingdom for all ages,
and your dominion endures through all generations.
R.
The Lord is just in all his ways
and holy in all his works.
The Lord is near to all who call upon him,
to all who call upon him in truth.
R.
 
ALLELUIA
Ego vos elégi de mundo, ut eátis et fructum afferátis, et fructus vester máneat, dicit Dóminus.
I have chosen you from the world, says the Lord; to go and bear fruit that will last.
 
GOSPEL
Lk 10:1–9
The Lord Jesus appointed seventy-two disciples whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and place he intended to visit. He said to them, “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest. Go on your way; behold, I am sending you like lambs among wolves. Carry no money bag, no sack, no sandals; and greet no one along the way. Into whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace to this household.’ If a peaceful person lives there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you. Stay in the same house and eat and drink what is offered to you, for the laborer deserves payment. Do not move about from one house to another. Whatever town you enter and they welcome you, eat what is set before you, cure the sick in it and say to them, ‘The Kingdom of God is at hand for you.’”

PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS
Grant through your heavenly gifts that we may serve you in freedom of heart, we pray, O Lord, so that the offerings we make on the feast day of Saint Luke may bring us healing and give us glory. Through Christ our Lord.
[–» Eucharistic Prayer]
[–» Preface II of Apostles]

COMMUNION ANTIPHON
Misit Dóminus discípulos, qui nuntiárent civitátibus: Appropinquávit in vos regnum Dei.
The Lord sent out disciples to proclaim throughout the towns: The kingdom of God is at hand for you.
[–» Communion]

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
Grant, we pray, almighty God, that what we have received from your holy altar may sanctify us and ‘make us strong in the faith of the Gospel that Saint Luke proclaimed. Through Christ our Lord.
[–» Concluding Rite]

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