DAILY READINGS & REFLECTION

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DAILY READINGS & REFLECTION

JULY 3, 2025

THURSDAY - FEAST OF SAINT THOMAS, APOSTLE

FIRST READING

EPHESIANS 2:19-22 OR (IN INDIA - ACTS 10:24-35)

19 So then you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 20 built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, 21 in whom the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord; 22 in whom you also are built into it for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

The Word of the Lord
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RESPONSORIAL PSALM

PSALMS 116(117):1-2 OR (IN INDIA - PSALMS 42:2-3, 43:3-4)

Response: Go out to all the world and tell the Good News.

Praise the LORD, all nations!
Extol him, all peoples!

R. Go out to all the world and tell the Good News.

For great is his steadfast love toward us;
and the faithfulness of the LORD endures for ever.
Praise the LORD!

R. Go out to all the world and tell the Good News.
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SECOND READING - IN INDIA

1 PETER 1:3-9

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy we have been born anew to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 and to an inheritance which is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, 5 who by God's power are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 In this you rejoice, though now for a little while you may have to suffer various trials, 7 so that the genuineness of your faith, more precious than gold which though perishable is tested by fire, may redound to praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 8 Without having seen him you love him; though you do not now see him you believe in him and rejoice with unutterable and exalted joy. 9 As the outcome of your faith you obtain the salvation of your souls.

The Word of the Lord
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GOSPEL

"Do not be faithless - but believing"

JOHN 20:24-29 OR (MATTHEW 9:1-8)

24 Now Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them, "Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, and place my finger in the mark of the nails, and place my hand in his side, I will not believe." 26 Eight days later, his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. The doors were shut, but Jesus came and stood among them, and said, "Peace be with you." 27 Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side; do not be faithless, but believing." 28 Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!" 29 Jesus said to him, "Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe."

The Gospel of the Lord
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REFLECTION

DAILY QUOTE FROM THE EARLY CHURCH FATHERS

Touching the wounds of Christ and healing the wounds of our unbelief, by Gregory the Great (540-604 AD)

"It was not an accident that that particular disciple was not present. The divine mercy ordained that a doubting disciple should, by feeling in his Master the wounds of the flesh, heal in us the wounds of unbelief. The unbelief of Thomas is more profitable to our faith than the belief of the other disciples. For the touch by which he is brought to believe confirms our minds in belief, beyond all question."

(excerpt from FORTY GOSPEL HOMILIES 26)
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Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)
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