From today’s gospel: “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.’ Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples that are not written in this book. But these are written that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that through this belief you may have life in his name."

From De La Salle’s Meditation on St. Thomas: “Do not be so blinded, for you have the advantage of reading the Gospel and of meditating on the truths found in it every day, and you are responsible to teach these truths to others. Show by the way your actions conform to these holy maxims that, in fact, you do believe them by putting them into practice."

The gospel of John reminds us that not every encounter with Christ is recorded in the gospels. We surely know this to be true, as we think of our encounters with the risen Lord through others, especially our students. And De La Salle encourages us to live and teach in such a way that not only shows the reality of our encounter, but brings our students to belief that Jesus is the Son of God, in whom we have life.

What is your unwritten encounter? How do you share what Christ has given you?

Live, Jesus, in our hearts!