Focusing the Gospel
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Key words and phrases:
Jesus came, peace be with you, I send you, forgive,
Thomas, I will not believe, Jesus came, believe
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To the point:
In face of Thomas's obstinate unbelief, Jesus is
remarkably serene and understanding when he returns a
week later and meets Thomas where he is.
Jesus incarnates the Peace with which he greets the
disciples and manifests forgiveness in his encounter
with Thomas. He sends disciples forth With firsthand
experience of the ministry with which he entrusts them:
grant- ing forgiveness and spreading peace.
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Connecting the Gospel
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to the second reading:
he second reading spells out in more detail what
believing in the risen Jesus enables us to do: love God
and others, obey God's commandments, and conquer the
world.
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to our experience:
Anyone living in family or community koows the exPeri-
ence of forgiveness both given and received. They also
know the peace such forgiveness engenders.
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Copyright © 2011 by The Order of St. Benedict,
Inc., Collegeville, Minnesota.
All rights reserved.
Used by permission from Liturgical Press, St.
John’s Abbey, P.O. Box 7500 Collegeville,
Minnesota 56321-7500
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Living Liturgy: Spirituality, Celebration, and
Catechesis
for Sundays and Solemnities
Year B - 2012, p. 109.
Joyce Ann Zimmerman, CPPS;
Kathleen Harmon, SND de N;
and Christopher W. Conlon, SM
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page possible
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Art by Martin Erspamer, O.S.B.
from
Religious Clip Art for the Liturgical Year (A, B,
and C).
Used by permission of Liturgy Training Publications.
This art may be reproduced only by parishes who purchase
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