Geeky Catholic Sunday: Divine Mercy 2019
Gospel Reading: John 20:19-31
Highlight: "Have you come to believe because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed."
Reflection: Poor Thomas. "Doubting Thomas." It's so easy to give him a hard time for disbelieving something that we've known about for two thousand years. But did he really have any less faith than the other ten apostles? Remember, the other ten had seen the risen Jesus. Thomas had not. When I was growing up, Jesus' words always seemed like a pat on the back for modern Christians, since we believe in Jesus and the resurrection without seeing. But what if there's more to it than that? It is reasonable to believe in Jesus, given the evidence we have, and the testimony of a millennia of believers. What takes faith is believing when things are difficult, whether that means holding onto your faith in the face of personal tragedy, or accepting the teachings of the faith even when they don't make sense yet.
Geeky Quote: Steve Rogers: "Stark, are you seeing this?" Tony Stark: "Seeing... still working on believing." - The Avengers
Prayer: God, give me the faith to believe in you even when everything around me tells me to doubt you. Amen.
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Highlight: "Have you come to believe because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed."
Reflection: Poor Thomas. "Doubting Thomas." It's so easy to give him a hard time for disbelieving something that we've known about for two thousand years. But did he really have any less faith than the other ten apostles? Remember, the other ten had seen the risen Jesus. Thomas had not. When I was growing up, Jesus' words always seemed like a pat on the back for modern Christians, since we believe in Jesus and the resurrection without seeing. But what if there's more to it than that? It is reasonable to believe in Jesus, given the evidence we have, and the testimony of a millennia of believers. What takes faith is believing when things are difficult, whether that means holding onto your faith in the face of personal tragedy, or accepting the teachings of the faith even when they don't make sense yet.
Geeky Quote: Steve Rogers: "Stark, are you seeing this?" Tony Stark: "Seeing... still working on believing." - The Avengers
Prayer: God, give me the faith to believe in you even when everything around me tells me to doubt you. Amen.
To get these short reflections every week, click the Subscribe button at the top of this page, or you can "Like" or "Follow" the GeekyCatholicDad Facebook page here.
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