At Sunday Mass we hear the four gospels proclaimed over a period of three years—one year Matthew, the next Mark, the final year Luke, with John proclaimed in Lent and Easter time. This year we’ve heard from Luke’s gospel. Each evangelist had his own approach to Jesus’ story. Yes, they all followed the pattern of his life, death and resurrection. Yes, they told some of the same accounts with very similar words. But, each of them—as a true author with particular talents and interests—wrote with a slant. In Luke we can pull out some special traits: a concern for the poor, the inclusion of women, and, quite strongly the power of prayer. In Luke, prayer happens all over the place—in temple and synagogue, in stories of lepers and tax collectors and the persistent widow from today’s gospel, in Jesus as he calls disciples and approaches his own death. Luke gives us a Christ who calls us to prayer in every time, every part of our lives. How have we lived that life of prayer? How can we grow in this aspect of the Lord’s gift and call to us?