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| Saint Thomas by James Tissot |
July
3
THOMAS,
also called Didymus, or the twin, was a fisherman of Galilee. After
having been received among the apostles he accompanied Jesus in all
His journeys, and uniformly showed docility, zeal, and love towards
Him, particularly on the occasion of His going to Bethany to raise
Lazarus from the dead. For when the apostles were afraid to go
thither, because the Jews desired to kill Jesus, Thomas, full of
courage, said, "Let us also go, that we may die with Him"
(John 11:16). His faith, indeed, wavered for a moment in regard to
the resurrection of Christ; but no sooner had Christ satisfied him
thereof by showing His wounds, than he cried out with firm faith, "My
Lord and my God." Saint Gregory thereupon says,
God
overruled the doubting of Thomas to our good, since that very doubt
has profited us more than the ready belief of the other disciples,
inasmuch as thereby Christ was induced to give so much clearer proofs
of His resurrection, in order to confirm us in the belief of it.
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