The Second Sunday of Easter is known as Divine Mercy Sunday. On this Sunday we hear the well-known story of “doubting Thomas.” However, in his reflection for this Sunday, Tony suggests that closer attention to the scriptural account results in a very different reading of Thomas. Far from a simple doubter, Thomas is in fact exemplary in his faith, struggling with doubt but with a firm desire to enter into deep and lasting relationship with Christ.
Mass Readings:
Reading 1: Acts 2:42-47
Psalm: Psalm 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24
Reading 2: 1 Peter 1:3-9
Gospel: John 20:19-31
Tony Crescio is the founder of FRESHImage Ministries. He holds an MTS from the University of Notre Dame and is currently a PhD candidate in Christian Theology at Saint Louis University. His research focuses on the intersection between moral and sacramental theology. His dissertation is entitled, Presencing the Divine: Augustine, the Eucharist and the Ethics of Exemplarity.
Tony’s academic publications can be found here.