“Bring here thy finger, and see My hands; and bring here thy hand, and put it into My side; and be not unbelieving but believing” (Gospel).
Be a witness to the Divinity of Jesus Christ! Thus did the ancient Church speak to the newly baptised on this Sunday. Since their Baptism on Holy Saturday these converts wore white robes. Now in their everyday dress they must go out as witnesses that “Christ is the Truth” (Epistle).
God the “Father” bore “witness” to this at Christ’s Baptism by “water.” God the “Word” became our “Blood” witness on the Cross. God the “Spirit” gave witness when by Him Jesus was conceived in the womb of Mary. Yes, this is the triple “testimony of God” which we, too, must witness unto others—that “Jesus is God” (Epistle).
To the “doubting Thomases” of all future ages, Jesus gave a new proof of His Divinity in today’s Gospel, “written that you may believe...and that believing you may have life.”
Today is Feast Day of Pope Leo I Pp. C. D., who faced the great barbarian invasions of the V Century as Rome deteriorated. Outside the Gates of Rome, the Pope met Atilla the Hun and saved the city from sack. Later, the Pope fought the heresy of Eutyches and defined the two natures of Our Lord, human and divine. Lessons in the Breviary by the Saintly Pope are taken from his sermons. Although not commemorated in the Masses using the 1960 rubrics, pray for the intercession of the Holy Pope for assistance in turning back the errors of our own day.