St. James' Church Bushypark Galway

Doubt no longer but believe

Don’t we find it difficult sometimes to believe in ourselves? Maybe we haven’t been praised, or liked as a child, perhaps we have failed in relationships or in jobs? Or failed in sports, exams or what we’ve set our hearts on? And then the change when someone believes in us, or when things go well, we can forgive ourselves. Jesus believes in you – he loves you; and then he said to Thomas:

Doubt no longer but believe.

Faith in God can weaken. Once nourishing our life, it can threaten our happiness. Once simple, it can become complicated. Life’s tragedies and problems can take us away from God and faith itself finds its own pathways. The strength of our faith fluctuates and we may move from God.

And like Jesus for Thomas, God looks for us. Through the locked door of disappointment, resentment, guilt, confusion, boredom and let down, He comes with peace.

He simply looks at you, sees into your heart with love, and with compassion says to you, as to Thomas in this weekend’s Gospel:

Doubt no longer but believe