St. Thomas the Apostle

When my dad was growing up in the Armourdale area of Kansas City, Kansas, the parish his family attended was St. Thomas the Apostle.  Saint Thomas is the feast that the Church celebrates on July 3 and he is also one of my favorite saints.  We are all familiar with what happened after our Lord's resurrection when Thomas was gone and the risen Jesus appeared.  The disciples kept telling him they had seen The Lord but he would not believe.  Thomas said that he needed to put his finger in the nail marks and his hand in the Lord's side.  When Jesus appeared again, he called Thomas forward and told him not to persist in his unbelief, but believe.  That is our call as well, "Blessed are those who have not seen but have believed."  When we have doubts, questions about our faith, we can go to Saint Thomas and seek his intercession.  May the renewed faith of Thomas be ours as we live our lives and our faith to the fullest!  Saint Thomas the Apostle, Pray for Us!!!!