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Second Sunday of Easter
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THE MOTIVATION OF CHANGE What is it that Thomas couldn’t believe? That Jesus rose again? That Jesus appeared to his friends? Perhaps it was that he and his friends would be able to do even greater works than Jesus? That they would have the power of the Holy Spirit to forgive sins and transform the world? That they could set a foundation, then, for what we do today? Admittedly, that is a little hard to believe. I think we, too, would do well to assess our belief. Do we really believe that we are capable of all that Jesus did? Do we really believe that we can do the miracles we read about in the Bible? Do we really believe that our forgiveness is also the forgiveness of God; and likewise, that what we cannot forgive, is held against them and us? Every year we hear this story of Thomas right after Easter. We hear it because we all struggle with believing in the promises of Christ. Perhaps you are more doubtful of those promises this year than in the past. Perhaps you can believe more easily.
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