Holy Spirit of God protect me through faith for salvation...

Gospel Mystery of the Day              Monday, April 20, 2020     
 
Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light for my path. (Psalm 119)
 
1 Peter 1:3-9 & John 20:19 -31

                                              
Thomas, the Twin, had set out on a path of doubt that drew his life into disconnection from Christ and a rickety ‘belief’ based on the deceits of darkness. Even though his ten friends had seen Christ risen in their midst just three days after his crucifixion, and Thomas had heard the story more than once of how Jesus had eaten broiled fish with them –and he had witnessed first-hand their peace and excited joy that their Master was alive –still Thomas hung on to his doubts and despair. Each of us, like Thomas, has ‘twin’ paths in front of us at any given time of life, and particularly when we are facing a crisis. On the one hand is the path of disbelief in God’s wisdom and power, and dismay that God’s mercy is fickle at best. On the other hand is the path of faith, a ‘blind’ faith that God’s mercy is the axis of reality and life for anyone who turns to God and believes in redemption won for all by the death and resurrection of Christ Jesus. Thomas had the joy of meeting the Risen Christ in person a week after Jesus rose from the dead, on what is now called “Divine Mercy Sunday”. I have the privilege of meeting the Risen Christ at any time in the pages of scripture, in the context of the community of other believers, in the sacraments of the Church, and in a thousand other ways in my life by prayer. Will I cling to a path of doubt and despair that leads to darkness, or will I step into the glorious light and life of faith and trust in God’s great mercy? Holy Spirit of God, protect me through faith for salvation
   
I will not die, but instead I will live and proclaim what the Lord has done. (Psalm 118:17)
 
Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe!
Jesus.   The Gospel of John, 20:29
 
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Soli ad gloriam Dei