Last Updated on October 21, 2021 by GMC
John 20:24-29 in a couplet
Feast of Saint Thomas the Apostle
©️2021 by Gloria M. Chang
Thomas, called Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples said to him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands and put my finger into the nailmarks and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.” Now a week later his disciples were again inside and Thomas was with them. Jesus came, although the doors were locked, and stood in their midst and said, “Peace be with you.” Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my hands, and bring your hand and put it into my side, and do not be unbelieving, but believe.” Thomas answered and said to him, “My Lord and my God!” Jesus said to him, “Have you come to believe because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.”
John 20:24-29
Dear GMC, thank you for your powerful reflection. St.Thomas gives me strength in my moments of doubt; if he doubted, he also believed.
The second reading from St. Gregory the Great in today’s Office of Readings speaks to your thoughts.
http://www.liturgies.net/saints/thomas/officeofreadings.htm