St. Hippolytus, "Discourse on the End of the World," c. 217 A.D. "For Luke, in the inspired Gospel narratives, delivers a testimony not to Joseph only, but also to Mary, the Mother of God ...

Despite her distress at losing the 12-year-old Jesus, Mary's search for her son is a model of every Christian's journey to ...

The Gentile St. Luke wrote his work for Theophilus ... with dramatic appearances of the angel Gabriel to Zechariah and to Mary. Gabriel foretells two miraculous births: the birth of John the ...