History
Saint Thomas was one of the 12 Apostles that Jesus
called. After Jesus rose from the dead, He appeared to many of the Apostles,
but Thomas wasn’t there. He had trouble believing that the other Apostles had
truly seen the Lord, which is where we get the term, “Doubting Thomas.” He said
he would need to put his fingers in the holes of Jesus’ hands and his hand into the hole in Jesus' side before he would
believe it. Eight days later, Jesus appeared to the Apostles again and called
Thomas over to touch His wounds. Then Thomas believed and
cried out, “My Lord and my God!” Jesus said that Thomas was blessed for believing
in what he had seen, but other people would be blessed for believing in what
they could not see.
Activity
Talk about how we can’t see Jesus with our eyes or put our
fingers in the nail holes of his hands, but we can still believe in Him because
we know He is real. As a family, practice saying, “My Lord and My God!” and
remember to pray this at the consecration during every Mass, when the priest
holds the Eucharist above his head. Then, give each of the children a Saint
Thomas coloring page to decorate and hang in their bedrooms as a reminder that
we can believe in what we can’t see with our eyes.
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