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.”
Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of [his] disciples that are not written in this book.
But these are written that you may [come to] believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through this belief you may have life in his name. (John 20:27-31 NABRE)
Here, at the conclusion of John's gospel, he offers a message of hope for those of us who were never able to see Jesus as Thomas did. We are blessed who believe without having seen him. And more than that, we look forward to having life in his name, now and forever.
Today, on this Sunday of Divine Mercy, I will pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy for those in need of Jesus, who know of him but who have yet to accept his free gift.
Saint Richard, thirteenth-century English bishop, confessor and deeply generous soul, pray for us.
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