Postlude
John 20:19-29
When
it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors
of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the
Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, ‘Peace be with
you.’ After he said this, he showed them his hands and his
side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus
said to them again, ‘Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me,
so I send you.’ When he had said this, he breathed on them and
said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the
sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any,
they are retained.’
But
Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with
them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told 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 in the mark of the nails
and my hand in his side, I will not believe.’
A
week later his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with
them. Although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among them
and said, ‘Peace be with you.’ Then he said to Thomas, ‘Put
your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in
my side. Do not doubt but believe.’ Thomas answered him, ‘My
Lord and my God!’Jesus said to him, ‘Have you believed because
you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have
come to believe.’
Matthew 28: 16-20
Now
the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus
had directed them. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but
some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, ‘All authority
in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and
make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them
to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with
you always, to the end of the age.’
Hallelujah! Amen
