Doubts and Difficulties
I’m glad doubting Thomas is a saint because gives us permission to question our faith. While we call him Doubting Thomas it might be better to call him Difficult Thomas or “Thomas who had...
View ArticleEncountering the Word — John 14:5-6
“Thomas said to him, ‘Lord, we do not know where you are going; how can we know the way?’ Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but by me.’”(John...
View ArticleDaily Catholic Quote from St. Thomas the Apostle
“My Lord and My God.” (St. Thomas the Apostle, upon seeing the risen Christ and being invited by the Lord to touch His Wounds) July 3 is the Feast of St. Thomas the Apostle. If you liked this quote,...
View ArticleInstruments of Mercy
We don’t know where Thomas was. All we know is that he missed it. All the others were huddling together behind locked doors, hoping that the authorities would be satisfied with the blood of their...
View ArticleCatholic Quote of the Day — from Pope St. Gregory the Great
“Dearly beloved, what do you see in these events? Do you really believe that it was by chance that this chosen disciple was absent, then came and heard, heard and doubted, doubted and touched, touched...
View ArticleAmbassadors of Mercy
We don’t know where Thomas was. All we know is that he missed it. All the others were huddling together behind locked doors, hoping that the authorities would be satisfied with the blood of their...
View ArticleEncountering the Word — John 14:5-6
“Thomas said to him, ‘Lord, we do not know where you are going; how can we know the way?’ Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but by me.’”(John...
View ArticleAmbassadors of Mercy
Reflection on the Mass readings for the Second Sunday of Easter | Divine Mercy Sunday (Year A) — Acts 2:42-47; Psalms 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24; First Peter 1:3-9; John 20:19-31. We don’t know where Thomas...
View ArticleEncountering the Word — John 14:5-6
“Thomas said to him, ‘Lord, we do not know where you are going; how can we know the way?’ Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but by me.’”(John...
View ArticleThe Faith of “Doubting” Thomas
“God is patient with our questions, our weakness, and our struggles, just as he was patient with Thomas.” It is tradition that St. Thomas was the only Apostle to leave the Roman Empire to preach the...
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