Second Sunday of Easter – Divine Mercy Sunday – 27th April 2025
What happens to us when we really believe? Are our lives changed? We see in the Acts of the Apostles today that the lives of some of the followers of Jesus were changed radically when they came to believe. Others still stayed in the background, not being as confident in their belief.
Look at Saint Thomas in the Gospel today. He should have believed, but did not believe. Only when he had a personal encounter with the risen Lord did he actually come to believe and give up his doubting.
Where are you and where am I in our belief? This is a question we need to ask ourselves. Are we like the believers in the Acts of the Apostles and unable to control ourselves so that we must proclaim our faith in Christ? Probably not, but perhaps some here do have that kind of faith.
Are we like Thomas in the Gospel, wanting to believe but still sort of convinced that real believing is a bit of foolishness? We might have some tendencies that way, but most of us are here today because we do believe but we want to believe even more profoundly. We want to hear God’s voice: “do not be afraid, I am with you.”