Saint
Thomas the Apostle
21
December
The
Collect
Almighty and everliving God, who for the
more confirmation of the faith didst suffer thy holy Apostle Thomas to be
doubtful in thy Son’s resurrection; Grant us so perfectly, and without all
doubt, to believe in thy Son Jesus Christ, that our faith in thy sight may
never be reproved. Hear us, O Lord, through the same Jesus Christ, to whom,
with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, now and for evermore.
Amen.
Almighty and everliving God, who through
the Word of Thy Son didst mightily strengthen the faith of Thy Apostle Saint
Thomas: by the same Word keep us ever steadfast in the faith unto our end;
through the same, Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with
Thee and the Holy Ghost; ever one God, world without end. Amen (The Brotherhood Prayer Book).
The
Epistle: Ephesians 2.19-22
Now therefore ye are no more strangers
and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of
God; and are built upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus
Christ himself being the chief corner-stone; in whom all the building, fitly
framed together, groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord; in whom ye also are
builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
The
Gospel: St. John 20.24-31
Thomas, one of the twelve, called
Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said
unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in
his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the
nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe. And after eight
days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus,
the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you. Then
saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach
hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side; and be not faithless, but
believing. And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord, and my God. Jesus
saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed; blessed
are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. And many other signs truly
did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book.
But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son
of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.
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