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Dear St. Christopher’s Family,
The Easter season gives us a great chance to be a Monday-Morning Quarterback. If you’re not familiar with the phrase, it refers to someone who shows up at work on Monday after a football game and talks non-stop about what he or she would have done differently. All of us think we could have done something better.
It’s natural to see ourselves as the heroes of the story, the ones who never doubted. So why do the Gospel writers give us all of these other stories, stories of Peter’s Denial, Mark’s Naked Escape? It’s almost like Jesus knows what our reaction will be and does his saving work anyway. Even this week, as we consider Thomas, we are convinced that we would be the ones with no doubt in our minds. But two things are different about Thomas:
- He believes Jesus absolutely meant what he said about dying (John 11:16).
- He believes Jesus absolutely meant that he intended to rise physically from the grave.
Thomas just thinks this second part is impossible. And really, who can blame him? In the Lazarus story, Mary only has some vague sense that there’s some “spiritual” resurrection that is metaphorical. Even in our day, there are gallons of ink spilled on how the Resurrection is only symbolic (see my previous post about symbols!!).
Instead of not being like Thomas, BE like Thomas and believe what you HEAR. It’s only then that you will be able to believe what you SEE.
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