St Thomas

Thomas was one of Jesus’ 12 apostles, Jesus’ closest friends when he was living on earth. Thomas loved Jesus very much and followed him very closely while he was with them, but when Jesus was crucified Thomas lost his courage and hid because he was afraid that the Romans would want to kill him too. On Easter Sunday when Jesus rose from the dead and appeared to his apostles, Thomas wasn’t there and he didn’t believe the apostles when they told him that Jesus was alive. Thomas said he couldn’t believe unless he saw Jesus himself. Eight days after Jesus rose from the dead Jesus appeared to the apostles again and this time Thomas was there too. Jesus told Thomas to come and see him and touch his hands and feet that had been nailed to the cross. Thomas ran to Jesus and fell down at his feet and cried, “My Lord and my God”. Jesus reminded Thomas that he needed to believe in God even when he can’t see him. Jesus said that we would be blessed if we believed in Him even without seeing Him, this is called faith. With this new faith Thomas took the Good News of Jesus’ resurrection to many people. He died a martyr because he never stopped spreading the Good News.