Daily Word - April, 28th 2019

John 20:19-31

19On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you." 20When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. 21Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you." 22And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. 23If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained." 24Now Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. 25So the other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them, "Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, and place my finger in the mark of the nails, and place my hand in his side, I will not believe." 26Eight days later, his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. The doors were shut, but Jesus came and stood among them, and said, "Peace be with you." 27Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side; do not be faithless, but believing." 28Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!" 29Jesus said to him, "Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe." 30Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; 31but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.

What touched my Soul

"My Lord and my God!"

“Jesus said to him, "Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe."

“My Lord and my God!”

I repeat this salute to Jesus Christ every single week in the mass whne the priest present the body and blood of Christ in the eucarist.

“My Lord and my God!”

Thomas didn't believe in the beginning although when even him a non-believer by God’s grace started to believe, and what a beautiful way his heart, his soul allowed him to articulate that belief:

“My Lord and my God!”

When I was a young boy I had a catechist that taught me to repete Thomas words in the mass and I keep doing it until today And I will keep doing it until I live as for me is the most beautiful way to me a sinner a , sometimes non-believer, to express our believe that our Lord Jesus Christ is our God.