Poor Thomas, for nearly 2,000 years the apostle Thomas has carried the title “Doubting Thomas”. And yet he was the first of the apostles to state his belief in Jesus as “my Lord and my God”. So why is it we don’t call him, “believing Thomas”? It is intriguing that the Church has ignored Mary of Magdala’s statement of faith as the first to see Jesus and also ignored Thomas’ statement of faith.

I wonder if very much has changed today? Often a person is remembered for a negative fact and all the positives are ignored. We really have not learned the truth of the Resurrection, that God in the person of Jesus died and rose to save us all. God’s love is so great that he wants to welcome us all to be his children no matter what we have done or not done.

What are we saying if we pick on the negative factors in other people? We know that is not the way of God, so why do we do it? Are we happy for God to do the same to us, to totally ignore all the good things we have done and to concentrate only on our sins and wickedness?

So what should we do? We should look around us and praise the good we see, whether in other people, in ourselves or in the world in which we live.

Do we then just ignore our sins, NO? If we consider our sins we know that this is what we have in common with everyone and therefore there is nothing for any of us to be proud of. Our sins should be the basis for us to learn humility and therefore to be able to walk more truthfully with our God.

In this Easter Season let us strive to learn and grow in humility.

Andrew SSL