“MY  LORD  AND  MY  GOD!”

The Doubt of Thomas

 

We all relate so easily to Thomas. He is the one who says out loud what we so often think to ourselves: "I can't believe it all - it's just too much!" If I can place my fingers in the wounds in His hands; if I can place my fingers in the wound of His side — then I'll believe. In the beautiful print above, Thomas is placing his fingers in the wound of Jesus and saying: "My Lord and My God!"

 

Part of our journey of faith is doubt. There are times when we find it very hard to believe in a God of love who really is concerned about us. So many seem to have to leave the Church for awhile before they can really say: "I believe." Many seem to need a "sabbatical” from the Church before they can put the Church's teaching and laws into the context of a living faith in Jesus. Don't we all struggle with that?

 

But when we really stick with the struggle and work through the doubts we come to that moment when with Thomas we can say: "My Lord and my God!" When we do that our faith becomes stronger and more beautiful than it was before. We no longer believe like little children on the word of someone else, but we believe because We believe. That kind of faith is worth all the struggling because once we come to it no one can ever take it away from us.

 

He is truly risen. Alleluia!