Scripture & Reflection - Sunday 7th April - The Second Sunday of Easter 

Scripture

‘We declare to you what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the word of life.’ (1 John 1.1)

‘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’.’ (John 20.29)

Reflection

Thomas was not with the other disciples when Jesus appeared to them after his resurrection, and he refused to believe their story without the evidence of his own eyes. Jesus did not rebuke him for his lack of faith, but gave him the proof he needed.

We are not all the same, and the ‘proof’ needed to convince us of the truth varies from one person to another. Unless we deliberately exclude the possibility of finding that truth, God, who knows us through and through, will show us each our own path into the reality of his presence.

Revd Rosemary