‘On the evening of that day, the first day of the week…’ The Lord’s Day.

‘Where the disciples were in fear…’ (John 20).

‘ Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side.
Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.’

His wounds remain for us, eternally, for our contemplation, from His once-for-all perfect Sacrifice, in our Saving Lord’s perfect love for us, for our salvation.

Thomas was not with them. ‘Unless I see the wounds I will never believe.’

The next Lord’s Day. ‘Peace be with you.’ ‘See my hands and my side.’
‘Do not disbelieve, but believe.’

‘My Lord and my God.’

As with Saint Pius X we might pray with each elevation of the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar, the Lamb of God, standing, as though it had been slain (Revelation 5).

Thomas’ journey in faith is ours.

We recall Thomas asking: ‘Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?’ (John 14:5).
Our Lord explains: I AM the Way, the Truth and the Life.
Following on the disciples’ way, Jesus goes to Lazarus, back to Jerusalem, to the place where He will be sacrificed, along the way of the Cross
(John 11). ‘So Thomas said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with him.”’

There may be courage in dying with, alongside, but it may be harder for Thomas, for us, to die after, not seeing…

Continuing in the Gospel: ‘Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His Name’ (John 20:30-31).

That we may know the Way, in Truth, to Life eternal, with our Lord and our God.