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July 3 Saint Thomas the Apostle. Also known as Apostle of India Didymus Doubting Thomas Judas Thomas the Twin Tomaso Memorial 3 July 21 December on some calendars Profile Apostle. He was ready to die …More
July 3 Saint Thomas the Apostle.

Also known as

Apostle of India
Didymus
Doubting Thomas
Judas Thomas
the Twin
Tomaso
Memorial

3 July
21 December on some calendars
Profile

Apostle. He was ready to die with Jesus when Christ went to Jerusalem, but is best remembered for doubting the Resurrection until allowed to touch Christ’s wounds. Preached in Parthia, Persia and India, though he was so reluctant to start the mission that he had to be taken into slavery by a merchant headed that way. He eventually gave in to God‘s will, was freed, and planted the new Church over a wide area. He formed many parishes and built many churches along the way. An old tradition says that Thomas baptised the wise men from the Nativity into Christianity.
His symbol is the builder’s square; there are several stories that explain it
he built a palace for King Guduphara in India
he built the first church in India with his own hands
it is representative building a strong spiritual foundation as he had complete faith in Christ (though initially less in the Resurrection)
he offered to build a palace for an Indian king that would last forever; the king gave him money, which Thomas promptly gave away to the poor; he explained that the palace he was building was in heaven, not on earth
Died

stabbed with a spear c.72 in while in prayer on a hill in Mylapur, India
buried near the site of his death
relics later moved to Edessa, Mesopotamia
relics moved to Ortona, Italy in the 13th century
Canonized

Pre-Congregation
Patronage

against blindness
against doubt
architects
blind people
builders
construction workers

geometricians
masons
people in doubt
stone masons
stonecutters

surveyors
theologians

Ceylon
East Indies
India
Indonesia
Malaysia
Pakistan
Singapore
Sri Lanka

Bathery, India, diocese of
Castelfranco di Sopra, Italy
Certaldo, Italy
Ortona, Italy
Representation

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spear
t-square
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✍️ Saint Thomas, apostle - Feast
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Commentary of the day : Saint Cyril of Alexandria
"Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed."
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 20:24-29.
Thomas, called Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came.
So the other disciples said to him, "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them, "Unless I see the mark of …More
✍️ Saint Thomas, apostle - Feast
Readings

Commentary of the day : Saint Cyril of Alexandria
"Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed."

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 20:24-29.
Thomas, called Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came.
So the other disciples said to him, "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them, "Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands and put my finger into the nailmarks and put my hand into his side, I will not believe."
Now a week later his disciples were again inside and Thomas was with them. Jesus came, although the doors were locked, and stood in their midst and said, "Peace be with you."
Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here and see my hands, and bring your hand and put it into my side, and do not be unbelieving, but believe."
Thomas answered and said to him, "My Lord and my God!"
Jesus said to him, "Have you come to believe because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed."
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Anatolius of Constantinople
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Bladus
Byblig
Cillene
Dathus of Ravenna
Eulogius of Constantinople
Firminus
Firmus
Germanus of Man
Giuse Nguyen Ðình Uyen
Gunthiern
Guthagon
Heliodorus of Altinum
Hyacinth of Caesarea
Ioannes Baptista Zhao Mingxi
Irenaeus of Chiusi
Leo II, Pope
Maelmuire O’Gorman
Mark of Mesia
Mennone the Centurian
Mucian of Mesia
Paul of Mesia
Petrus Zhao Mingzhen
Philiphê Phan Van Minh
Raymond of Toulouse
Thomas the Apostle

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Gelduin
Maria Anna Mogas Fontcuberta
Tírechán
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✍️ Saint Thomas Puts His Hand into the Marks of Jesus' Wounds
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394 Life of Jesus Christ-Blessed Anna Katharina Emmerick's Revelations
Jesus told them that if it happened again, they should act otherwise. Jesus now stepped under the lamp, and the Apostles closed around Him. Thomas, very much frightened at the sight of the Lord, timidly drew back. But Jesus …More
✍️ Saint Thomas Puts His Hand into the Marks of Jesus' Wounds
tandfspi.org/ACE_vol_04/ACE_4_0381_out.html

394 Life of Jesus Christ-Blessed Anna Katharina Emmerick's Revelations

Jesus told them that if it happened again, they should act otherwise. Jesus now stepped under the lamp, and the Apostles closed around Him. Thomas, very much frightened at the sight of the Lord, timidly drew back. But Jesus, grasping his right hand in His own right hand, took the forefinger and laid the tip of it in the wound of His left hand; then taking the left hand in His own left, he placed the forefinger in the wound of His right hand; lastly, taking again Thomas' right hand in His own right, He put it, without uncovering His breast, under His garment, and laid the fore and middle fingers in the wound of His right side. He spoke some words as He did this. With the exclamation: "My Lord, and my God!" Thomas sank down like one unconscious, Jesus still holding his hand. The nearest of the Apostles supported him, and Jesus raised him up by the hand. That sinking down and rising up had some peculiar signification.

When Jesus grasped Thomas' hand, I saw that His wounds were not like bloody marks, but like little radiant suns. The other disciples were very greatly touched by this scene. They leaned forward, without, however, crowding, to see what the Lord was allowing Thomas to feel. I saw the Blessed Virgin during the whole time of Jesus' stay, perfectly motionless, as if absorbed in calm, deep interior recollection. Magdalen appeared more agitated, yet manifesting far less emotion than did the disciples.

Jesus did not disappear immediately after Thomas' declaration of faith. He still continued to speak to the Apostles, and asked for something to eat. I saw a little oval dish brought to Him again from the partitioned recess in which the table stood. It was not precisely like that presented to Him the first time. There was on it something that looked like a fish, of which He ate, then blessed and distributed what was left to those around Him, beginning with Thomas.

Jesus then told them why He stood in the midst