Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen Me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.”Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.Jesus saith unto him, Because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
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… And Thomas answered and said to him, my Lord and my God. And Jesus said to him, Thomas, because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believed. And truly, this is John now, truly, Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name. Let's pray. Lord, we welcome you here. we thank you for your living word. We thank you that you rose from the dead and here eight days later, we're celebrating the most important moment in human history that you were once dead and are now alive. God, we ask that you animate us today, fill us with your Holy Spirit and send us out with your gospel on our lips and in our hands. We pray this in Jesus' name, amen. As I was preparing for this message, and I say four because I felt like I had like, I was telling my wife this, I feel like I have a, like a lot of raw material, like in the backyard, but I don't know what to, didn't know what to do with it. It was like, I'm honored to be invited to preach and share the word together. But I'm also like, but what do I say? What do I do? You know? And knowing that it was Thomas Sunday, that was kind of in my heart and in my head and …
… Because Jesus said so. In John chapter 21, Jesus is making those men the first priests and saying, no, you actually have my power. You have my ability to bring mercy to the world, to forgive sins. If you don't, they're retained. If you do, they're gone. That's why I'm going to say that today, your next confession is the exercise that your soul and my soul needs. that your next confession is the exercise that your soul and my soul needs. And I mean this for everyone. From the person who is convinced that they're beyond God's reach to the person who is absolutely convinced they're a genuinely, quote unquote, good person. Because that's maybe a lot of us. We're like, no, but I'm okay. Like, why would I have to go to confession? Like, I go to mass. Like, I help. Like, if you're back at your parish. Like, at Easter, I was back home for Easter and like, they knew I was there. So like, hey, get back up, you know. …
… provider for us. You cannot depend on signs. Matter of fact, Jesus said on one occasion in John chapter 20, just jot down this verse, John 20 verses 26 through 29, he says, a wicked and An adulterous generation seeks a sign. Now, some of y'all are following after signs, and if you need a sign, God is saying that's a problem. And here's what I tell people. Stop. Don't be talking to me about your horoscope. thank all five of y'all for that clap right there don't clap now because some of y'all you base who you marry on a child he's a Sagittarius and I'm a Virgo shut up you're supposed to be a child of God the only sign we're under is the sign of the cross we're not following horoscopes that's what they are horror scopes. H-O-R-O-R-O-R-Scope. Don't be asking me what my sign is. Do y'all hear what I'm saying? Do y'all understand what I'm saying? Y'all tell me I won't do anything to you. …
… reach out your hand and put it in my side do not doubt but believe thomas answered him my lord and my god jesus said to thomas have you believed because you have seen me blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples that are not written in this book but these are written so that you may continue to believe that Jesus is the Messiah the son of God and that through believing you may have life in Jesus's name this is the word of God for the people of God thanks be to God Lately, my friends, I've been trying to get around this giant city without a map. No map, no Google Maps either. I've lived here less than two years, so this is a daunting task, but there are some transit lines and some pockets of neighborhoods that I know well enough that I can go with no map for a little while. …