04/19/2020
"Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and upon those in the tombs bestowing life!"
The “doubting” of Thomas is not so much a personal weakness, as much as the fundamental difficulty everyone and anyone has in encountering the risen Christ. Our proclamation— “Christ is risen!" —remains beyond the grasp of thought or words. The resurrected state is, Saint Paul tells us, “a mystery” (1 Cor 15:51). Today’s Gospel encourages us with these words: “Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe!”
Our bulletin:
https://orthodoxbutler.org/files/bulletins/2020/Bulletin-04-26-2020-Pascha-1-Thomas.pdf
Typika service (praying at home):
https://antiochianprodsa.blob.core.windows.net/servicetexts/Apr%2026%202020%20TYPIKA.pdf