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You might remember that we heard a fuller version of this same gospel story on the Second Sunday of Easter. In that longer version Jesus invited Thomas to reach out and touch his wounds and to believe. This is John’s gospel, where the giving of the Holy Spirit, the feast of Pentecost, doesn’t happen 50 days after the resurrection but in the evening of the same day Jesus rose from the dead. On that first Easter morning, the women at ...

When I think of my own discernment, that is, when I was trying to figure out God’s will for my life, like you, I got no clear sign from heaven. Maybe that’s the way it’s supposed to be so that we have to keep coming back to God, even daily, for nourishment, strength, and guidance.

What preoccupied my mind for months, and even years, was whether I should become a teacher or a physiotherapist. One day I was sold on the ...

The gospel passage I just proclaimed is a continuation of last Sunday’s gospel. It’s the farewell discourse. After Jesus breaks bread with his disciples and washes their feet, he spends the next five chapters saying good-bye to them. One remarkable thing is that although Jesus is within a day of his own cruel and unjustified death, his focus is not on himself. Jesus does not waste one minute looking for pity, or a shoulder to cry on, or on how ...