I herewith prompt the readership to consider reading the following.
First, Theophilos: A Novel
by Michael D. O’Brien
This explores a theme O’Brien seems fond of: a father searching for his son. The Theophilos in question is mentioned in the New Testament. We don’t know who he is. So, this novel. In this fictional narrative, Theophilos is the skeptical but beloved adoptive father of St. Luke. Challenged by the startling account of the “Christos” received in the chronicle from his beloved son Luke and concerned for the newly zealous young man’s fate, Theophilos, a Greek physician and an agnostic, embarks on a search for Luke to bring him home.
Next, Dear and Glorious Physician: A Novel About Saint Luke
by Taylor Caldwell
This is a pretty well-known book by an excellent author. I will slip in another truly delightful book by her:
In 1904, a little girl is shipped off to the house of her wealthy Irish grandmother in Leeds. The widow’s relationship with the Church is strained, but she retains a great respect and affection for priests. She regularly invites groups of priests poor and well off, of the city or of the country, to dine at her fine table. Her requirement is story-telling. The priests are to tell a story, which the spellbound girl overhears and remembers.
The Stories…
- Monsignor Harrington-Smith and the Dread Encounter
- Father MacBurne and the Doughty Chieftain
- Father Hughes and the Golden Door
- Father Ifor Lewis and the Men of Gwenwynnlynn
- Father Donahue and the Shadow of Doubt
- Father Padraic Brant and the Pale
- Father Alfred Ludwin and the Demon Lady
- Father Thomas Weir and the Problem of Virtue
- Father Shayne and the Problem of Evil
- Father Daniel O’Connor and the Minstrel Boy
- Bishop Quinn and Lucifer
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i listened to the audiobook of Dear and Glorious Physician. it was good, but not as good as Quo Vadis or Man in White (about St. Paul) – the latter written by Johnny Cash of all people