Today's Gospel relates of Jesus' Last Supper with His apostles telling them that He was to prepare a place for them and that they knew where He was going. Thomas questions Jesus, "Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can you say we know the way?" Jesus replies, "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me."
Thomas is mentioned three times in John's Gospel. The first one was when Jesus was to go back to Bethany to help Lazarus. It was Thomas who told the other apostles, "Let us go along to die with him." It was a statement that revealed love in its truest sense...to die with the beloved than to go on living without him. Surely, Jesus knew how great was the love of Thomas for Him.
The second incident was at the Last Supper. Thomas asked directions to where Jesus was going. He did not want to lose his Master. He wanted to know the way!
The third incident is the story of Thomas' and his questions from which many people remember him as The Doubting Thomas. He did not hide his questions or his fears. This is a story not of doubt but of faith. Why? Because it was the faith of Thomas that alllowed him to be open to ask questions. By laying before everyone his fears, he manifested his desire to forge a deeper faith and unequivocal commitment to the cause of Jesus.
How about us? Do we just proclaim we believe in God, we trust in God and love Him? The real question is ," Are we worthy of God's trust and His love for us?'
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