Believe!
Brothers and sisters:
You are no longer
strangers and sojourners,
but you are fellow
citizens with the holy ones
and members of the
household of God,
built upon the
foundation of the Apostles and prophets,
with Christ Jesus
himself as the capstone.
Through him the
whole structure is held together
and grows into a
temple sacred in the Lord;
in him you also are
being built together
into a dwelling
place of God in the Spirit.
Thomas, called Didymus, one of the Twelve,
was not with them when Jesus came.
So the other disciples said to him, "We have seen the Lord." But Thomas said to them, "Unless I see the mark of the nails in
his hands and put my finger into the nailmarks and put my hand
into his side, I will not believe."
Now a week later
his disciples were again inside and Thomas was with them. Jesus came, although the doors were locked,
and stood in their midst and said, "Peace be with you." Then he said to Thomas,
“Put your finger here and see my hands,
and bring your hand and put it into my side, and do not be unbelieving, but
believe.”
Thomas answered and said to him, "My Lord
and my God!"
Jesus said to him “Have
you come to believe because you have seen me?
Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed!
Have you encountered
Jesus? Do you believe? Then go out and tell the Good News!
Go out to all the world and
tell the Good News!
Praise the LORD, all you nations; glorify him, all you peoples!
Go out to all the world and tell the Good
News!
For steadfast is his kindness for us, and the fidelity of the
LORD endures forever.
Go out to all the world and tell the Good
News!
The above texts were taken from the Scripture Readings for
the day. You can find them
here. Their arrangement in this post are my attempt to arrange the day's Scripture as a blog. Leave me a comment as to how this effected your experience of receiving the Word of the Lord.
