TÌM GẶP CHÚA THẬT NHANH -TIN MỪNG GIOAN 20, 19-31

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Category: 13. Tìm Gặp Chúa Thật Nhanh
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    Mo Nguyen
    Apr 27 at 7:22 AM
     
     
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    ENCOUNTERING OUR RISEN LORD
     

    Reflections on the Gospel (Jn 20: 19 – 31)

                               ENCOUNTERING OUR RISEN LORD

    Thomas is one of the most clearly defined characters in the Gospels, Born loser, realist, pessimist, he has missed out on the Easter night appearance of Jesus. He won’t believe that Jesus has been raised simply on the other disciples’ claim ‘We have seen the Lord’. He insists on seeing, touching, hearing for himself.

    Eight days later, with divine ‘courtesy’, Jesus is prepared to meet Thomas’ conditions exactly. But, at the sight of his risen Lord, Thomas abandons them. He, the late-comer, the obtuse one, goes on to make the most exalted act of faith contained in the gospel: ‘My Lord and my God!’ It is Thomas, the hesitant, the doubter, who brings out the full identity of Jesus.

    Jesus adds a comment that brings us into the picture too: ’Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe’. Thomas has believed  because, like the other disciples present in the room, he has now seen the risen Lord. Succeeding generations of believers will not have the privilege of seeing the risen Lord. We have to believe simply the testimony handed down in the Church. We are not at a disadvantage. We are in fact ‘blessed’ – because from us a faith greater than that of Thomas will be drawn. And the greater the faith, the more scope for the power of God to enter and transform our lives. The gospel imparts to those who believe all the knowledge necessary for a life-giving encounter with the Lord.

    Brendan Byrne, SJ

    Chris Tomlin - Resurrection Power:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxH8Q8ue65o

     

               JESUS APPEARS TO THOMAS

     

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