December 21, 2005

Thomas

Interesting that today Thomas is the only one among the been-there, done-that saints who makes the Advent cycle. With this blue season’s messages of hope as thick and rich as plum pudding, it’s refreshing to insert the Sultan of Doubt for a day of reflection just in time.

To his credit, Thomas was the only one with enough hope and the chutzpah to go with it to break out of that upper room and go look for a new job, the place crawling with all those nervous, trigger-happy Romans. All the rest, save Judas who’d got his reward another way, seemed to be cowering behind the razzle-dazzle future of it all.

I suppose there’s not much risk — then and now — in a hope sealed tight against fear and uncertainty. But then, there’s little opportunity for grace to leak in, as well.

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