On the Gospel of Doubting Thomas

In reflecting on the Gospel of Thomas, Fr. Robert invited us to consider the nature of doubt. There is the kind of doubt that isolates us— from God, from neighbor, and from ourselves. But there is also good doubt—the kind celebrated in the Vespers stichera—a doubt that awakens the soul, that refuses complacency, and that draws us into a deeper intimacy with the crucified and risen Lord.

O blessed doubt of Thomas, you led him not away from faith but into deeper communion with the crucified and risen Christ.