Wednesday, June 25, 2008



Jesus said, "Seek and you will find. In the past, however, I did not tell you the things about which you asked me then. Now I am willing to tell them, but you are not seeking them. (92 Thomas)

In the Gospels of Matthew and Luke - as above -we are assured that if we seek, we shall find.

In the Gospel of Mark we are also assured of finding what we seek. The language is less parallel, but the shared teaching may be more apparent:

Jesus answered them, ‘Have faith in God. Truly I tell you, if you say to this mountain, “Be taken up and thrown into the sea”, and if you do not doubt in your heart, but believe that what you say will come to pass, it will be done for you. So I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. (Mark 11:22-24)

Mark tells us that faith in God and lack of doubt are the paths to finding. Thomas adds the precondition of seeking what Jesus has pointed us toward.

Above is an altarpiece giving primary attention to Thomas' discovery of the risen Christ.

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