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| Doubting Thomas by Reubens |
Every year on the Sunday after Easter we hear the story of Thomas, the doubter...
I know you know the story, so let's lead off here with a few questions:
What doubts will you bring to the Lord this Sunday?
What keeps you from believing?
What kind of proof do you look for? wait for?
What needs affirmation and confirmation
in your believer's mind and heart?
The liturgical weight and solemnity of Holy Week is behind us but every Sunday is a "little Easter" and so it's time to begin reading, studying and pondering the scriptures for the Second Sunday of Easter, also known as "Divine Mercy Sunday."
The scriptures for Sunday and background material on them can be found here and hints for helping children prepare this coming weekend's Word can be found here.
The first reading from the Acts of the Apostles gives us a look at the early Christian community and the power of even "the shadow of Peter..."
The second lesson, from the First Letter of John, offers us a beautiful mystical vision of the Risen Christ.
The gospel (John) tells story of Thomas, the doubter. Embedded in this story is the Lord's word,"Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained." This is the scriptural warrant for our understanding of the sacramental forgiveness of sin.
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