MY LORD AND MY GOD

PRAYER MOMENT       

Friday 3 July  2015, St Thomas

MY LORD AND MY GOD

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “Doubt no longer but believe. “ Thomas replied, “My Lord and my God!” Jesus said to him, “You believe becaue you can see me. Happy are those who have not seen and yet believe.” (John 20:24-29)

Reflection. Poor old Thomas! We have been brought up to dub him ‘Doubting Thomas’ as though we are up a notch from him. We would have believed if we were there! Quite apart from the frivolity of such thoughts there is the condescension that those who doubt, those who ask questions and search for evidence, are somehow second class believers. Newman longed to see an educated church; a church of believers who had questions which they followed up. St Anselm said famously, “Faith searches to understand.” We have every opportunuity today to become informed. There are books and periodicals galore to help us and we know that one of the characteristics of our time is that there is disharmony between what the Church teaches and what people experience. We need to face this. Thomas is a good model for us.

Prayer. Lord, teach us to enquire and be curious. Teach us, as you taught Thomas, to go deeper to a faith that ends in adoration and says, “My Lord and my God!” Amen.

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