Have you ever wondered how big and strong is your “faith” in God? This is not an easy answer that you can respond right away but requires some careful thinking right? There are no tools in the whole world that can be used to measure “faith”. Have you ever witnessed any miracle? If your answer is “NO” then do you believe in God? Do you believe that Jesus is with us all the time? His appearance may not so obvious that you would know. But if you have “faith” then you would strongly believe that God loves us and that God will never stop caring about us even though you cannot touch him nor will he tell you “I am Jesus.”

According to John, Jesus’ sudden appearance behind locked doors to his loving disciples –except for Thomas- and the first thing he said was “Peace be with you.” While the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord, Jesus blessed, breathed on them the Holy Spirit and gave them the authority to forgiven sin. Thomas -one of Jesus’ disciple- was not there when Jesus came, therefore he didn’t believe the event the other disciples told him. Thomas responded ”unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands and put my finger into the nailmarks and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.” (Jn 20:25) Just like Thomas, we weren’t there either. But do you truly believe how it has happened based on what the bible said or are you as doubting as Thomas? Faith requires a lot more than seeing to believing.

How can you tell your parent’s love? Can you actually see love, if not then how would you know? If your mom tells you that she doesn’t believe in your love just because she can not see love. How would it make you feel? Because of Thomas’ doubt, Jesus reappeared a week later and invited Thomas to examine his wounds and said to Thomas (also meant for us) “Have you come to believe because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.” (Jn 20:29) Do you believe that Jesus is living in the Body and Blood in Eucharist or do you still doubt that it just a bread and wine. Take this time to reflect on your faith to God. Every time you come to receive the Eucharist, tell Jesus that you do believe that you are receiving His Body and Blood even though it doesn’t taste like meat or blood. Let us thank God for his blessing, loving and sacrificing. Ask Jesus to reveal Himself to you and through his Body and Blood, help you feel his presence in your daily life.

by Hồng Ân Chúa