What can we learn from Saint Thomas the Apostle. After all, we are Christians; we do not have any doubt that Christ is Lord and God. But in reality we struggle with doubt every day. Every time we feel frustration, anxiety, and stress in our lives, we struggle with doubt.
We doubt our own worthiness to be forgiven. We doubt the mercy and goodness of God. We doubt God’s desire or ability to fix our mistakes, bring victory out of failure, good from evil, and life from death.
But God has shown us His infinite mercy, a mercy that removes all doubt.
Jesus returns to His followers who abandoned Him only a few days before. He had every right to be angry, hurt and disappointed. But He does not abandon them to their own fears and regrets. He comes among them and brings them His peace. He even invites Thomas to see and touch, and believe.
And for the rest of the world that allowed Him to be tortured and crucified He sends those same followers out with the ability to forgive sins, God’s ultimate act of mercy.
We all have doubts, we all resist God’s action in our lives one way or another. We get mad at Him, mistrust Him, and rebel against Him. But it is exactly at those times that God comes to us and offers us His mercy to win our trust.
God’s mercy is the cure for our frustration, anxiety, and stress, the plagues of modern life.
Pax vobiscum
Sunday of Divine Mercy