Second Sunday of Easter 2008. A   Print print this page                 
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In the Gospel we heard about the apostle Thomas.
He gave us a label to hang on people by calling them doubting Thomas.
His episode in the Easter story is important for all of us,
because we haven’t seen the risen Lord in the flesh
and we must believe the testimony of those who have.
Jesus specifically calls us to do that.

We must remember also that seeing Jesus in the flesh is not everything.
His disciples saw him, heard him and could touch him for three years
and yet Jesus told them many times that they did not understand him and didn’t even know him
despite being able see him and hear him and touch him.

Only after receiving the Holy Spirit did they truly understand
what he was talking about.
When the Spirit of God communicated with their spirit then they understood.

God is spirit and he is known by spirits,
including your spirit and mine.
They communicate using the language of spirits
not the language of humans.
To see each other they do not human need eyes
and they can touch without the use of hands.
God is spirit and we are made in his image,
we are spiritual beings.
We must know him, and love him - and each other as well -
at the spiritnal level.  

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