Theology

The Church celebrates the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary on October 7. On this day, we celebrate the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Lepanto on October 7, 1571. Even though the Turkish forces were very powerful, the Christians won due to the intercession of Mary and the prayer of the Most Holy Rosary. 

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St. Luke was one of the four evangelists and a Gentile from Antioch in Syria. St. Paul calls him “the beloved physician” (Colossians 4:14), indicating his previous occupation. As a writer, he composed the third Gospel, which provides the most extensive and thorough biography of Our Lord, as well as the Acts of the Apostles, an account of the early apostolic labors, especially those of Peter and Paul.

Between these two volumes, he wrote more of the New Testament than any other author, with St. Paul writing the second most. St. Luke is often considered the founder of Christian iconography and depicted painting images of the Blessed Mother. The Church celebrates the Feast of St. Luke the Evangelist on October 18.

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Sts. Simon and Jude were Apostles of the Lord Jesus Christ.

After many years of evangelizing after Jesus’ death and Resurrection, these men are said to have suffered martyrdom together after having gone as missionaries to Suanis, a city of Persia. Because of this, they are honored on the same day. The Church celebrates their feast day on October 28.

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