We are happy to introduce a third book written by Fr Kevin on the Gospel of St Luke. The focus of this publication is on the rich visual imagery, often likened to a gallery or painting, that his Gospel contains. Luke is portrayed as an artist who paints vivid literary portraits of Jesus.
Luke is the most visual of the evangelists. If the Gospel of John speaks of Christ, the light of the world, the Gospel of Luke lets that light be shown and seen in a series of situations in the life of Jesus, from the Annunciation to his Mother Mary through to the Ascension to his Heavenly Father.
Like a gallery, Luke sets out scenes and stories from the infancy and ministry, passion and resurrection of Jesus that invite the imagination of readers to reflect on what is being revealed in these events and encounters between Jesus and those he met in these moments and movements.
Through the centuries the Gospel of Luke has been the mainstay of much religious art, a valuable resource for painters, now represented in museums, and for designers of stained-glass in churches.
Tracing 10 themes/titles, Divine Gallery aims to articulate the theological and spiritual artistry of the Gospel of Luke.
Kevin O’Gorman is a former lecturer in moral theology in both South Africa and Ireland. He has previously published two books on the Gospel of Luke, with St. Paul’s Publishing, Remembering God’s Mercy – Luke’s Virtue of Compassion (2015) and
The Vision of Salvation – Scenes from Luke’s Gospel (2019).