Newsletter – 2nd Sunday of Easter – Divine Mercy Sunday. Year A.

REFLECTION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE – by Lisa-Marie Calderone-Stewart

Thomas did not quite ‘get it’ when the other Apostles were telling him that Jesus had risen from the dead. He wanted to see for himself. Is that really so strange? Would you believe it if your friends told you that while they were locked up in a room someone who had recently died walked through the door and appeared to them? Would you want to see it yourself?

When it comes to Christianity, do you think you ‘get it’? Do you ‘see the light’? If so, what is it all about? If not, what don’t you get? What questions do you have about Jesus’ resurrection?

The continuum of doubt and belief has two extremes. On the ‘extreme doubt’ side is cynicism. A cynic doubts everything, especially people’s good intentions. It can be a negative, unhappy way of seeing things. A person on the opposite side, the ‘extreme belief’ side, is gullible. That person believes whatever anyone says. It can be a happy, but sometimes dangerous, way of seeing things.

Are you a doubting Thomas? Do you think you are cynical? Do you think you are gullible? Why or why not?

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