Our believing must be justified with good deeds-Homily for the Monday of the 13th week in ordinary time (Feast of St. Thomas Apostle) JULY 2023
Homily for Monday of the 13th Week in Ordinary Time. Feast of St. Thomas (Apostle). Ephesians 2:19-22. Psalm 117:1,2. John 20:24-29. We celebrate the feast of St. Thomas, the Apostle today. According to tradition, he came to India, established Christian communities especially in Kerala, and then went to Tamil Nadu and was martyred in Chennai. In the Gospels, we owe to St. John, whatever we know about the Apostle Thomas. The other evangelists only mention his name when they draw the list of the twelve Apostles (cf. Matt.10:2; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:15). St. Thomas was a dedicated but impetuous follower of Christ. When Jesus said that, He was returning to Judea to visit his sick friend, Lazarus, Thomas immediately exhorted the other Apostles to accompany him on the trip (cf. John 11:16). At the last supper, when Christ told his Apostles that He was going to prepare a place for them to which they also might come because they knew both the place and the way, Thomas pleaded that they did no...