Reflections
Faith is to believe what we do not see, and the reward of this faith is to see what we believe.
— St. Augustine
- Scars and wounds of our lives
- Thomas is a sincere doubter, not cynical
- He has his ups and downs in his faith journey; he needs to see the wound
- His faith has been restored, and transformed
- His title doubting Thomas is undeserving; his type of doubting is no offense to God
- Why did Jesus not heal himself? Wounds remain in order to heal us
- Maybe the hardest thing for us to believe is that God loves us so much
- Our wounds have two types, one that is easy to share, one that is bleeding in our soul
- Jesus’ wound is both physical and spiritual, of betrayal
- Self inflicted wounds, are so shameful, we don’t tell anyone, we hide, we compensate in other areas
- But Christ knows us all, knows our wound, our shame
- We have to go and see the wound of the world in person, to know their wounds
- Our faith grows when we see the needs of the wounded
