About the first #Sunday of #Pascha
This is the day that our Lord entered in a closed house, where the holy apostles were. He was among them and said "Peace be with you all" and explained the resurrection to them, but the apostle Thomas was not present. Later, when Thomas came, the holy apostles happily told him that the resurrection of our Lord had been revealed to them. "Am I going to teach and testify saying 'I heard' while you teach and testify saying you saw? No, if I don't see it, I won't believe it." Rather, He who knows the reason for the hearts of those whom He has chosen, the God of infinite goodness, the Savior of the world, just like He appeared to the other apostles, he entered without opening the door and stood among them, saying, "Peace be with you all." And he said to Thomas, "Believe, but do not doubt; behold, my hands and feet are nailed, and my pierced side." He saw our Lord and put his hands on his body to see that he was not a spirit and understood his divinity as he desired, he then believed and said "My Lord and my God."
When our Lord Jesus Christ appeared to the ten apostles for the first time, the apostle Thomas was not there. We celebrate this day to commemorate his second appearance to the apostles in the same place where St. Thomas was so that he can see him this time.
The Lord rose up to remove Thomas's doubt. When Thomas touched his side, which was pierced by a spear, his hand looked like it entered into a sea of fire and he cried out, "My Lord, my God." He healed him by saying, "You see and believe, but blessed are those who believe without seeing." Joh 20:29 This hand that touched his side is still alive today in the land of India with the Malankara Orthodox Church. It is said that they use this hand to choose bishop as she points to the one who is suitable for this appointment.
Therefore, this is the day when the mystery of resurrection was revealed to the apostles for the second time and our Church celebrated it in a special way.
May the name of the Holy God be praised forever and ever in every tongue that He has created, today and always.
May the blessings of God's mother, the virgin, and the cross be upon us. Amen.
© John's Repentance
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