[Grem] *****SPAM(5.2)***** Gospel meditation

[Emoke Greschik]

Friends, *today’s Gospel celebrates St. Thomas the Apostle*. Why do we
love *this
story of doubting Thomas *so much? Perhaps because* he is a saint
especially suitable for our time. Modernity has been marked, from its
beginning,* *by two great qualities: skepticism and empiricism, the very
qualities we can discern in* *Thomas:*
*“Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands and put my finger into
the nail marks and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”*

And I think *a good amount of skepticism and “show-me” empiricism is called
for in many situations and contexts*. *We shouldn’t be credulous, gullible,
or naïve. Sometimes it is indeed good to wipe the slate clean, to
clear out* *old
cobwebs and intellectual humbugs,* *perhaps especially in the area of
religion.* *Indeed, Catholicism has a very rich intellectual tradition, a
tradition of questioning, wondering, and seeking understanding.*
 *Yet when the risen Jesus reappears, this time in the presence of Thomas,
he invites the doubter to look, to see, and to touch*. *Then that
devastating line: “Have you come to believe because you have seen me?
Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.'*


*Imádkozzál érettünk, Istennek szent Anyja!  Hogy méltók lehessünk Krisztus
ígéreteire!  Könyörögjünk! Kérünk téged, Úristen, öntsd lelkünkbe szent
kegyelmedet, hogy akik az angyali üzenet által szent Fiadnak, Jézus
Krisztusnak megtestesülését megismertük, az ő kínszenvedése és keresztje
által a föltámadás dicsőségébe vitessünk! Krisztus, a mi Urunk által. Ámen.*



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