In a story read at Mass on the First Sunday after Easter, Thomas says it's malarkey when his buddies tell him they saw Jesus, who had come back from the dead. His friends do not throw him out. Instead, they sit with him, break bread, drink wine. Then Jesus comes back again, and invites Thomas to reach his hands right into Jesus' wounds. Thomas finally understands.
“My Lord and my God!” he cries out.
Jesus tells him, “Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.”
Which, the priest says, is all of us.
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