” “"Blessed are those who do not see, yet believe". Through Thomas, Jesus "utters a fundamental principle for the Christians who would come after Thomas, so for all of us". This was said by the Pope, as he quoted, during today’s general audience, the "extremely well-known and even proverbial" scene of "an unbelieving Thomas" in front of Jesus Resurrected eight days after Easter. "The case of the apostle Thomas commented Benedict XVI in the last part of his catechesis is important for us for at least three reasons: firstly, because it encourages us in our uncertainties; secondly, because it proves to us that every doubt can come to a bright outcome, beyond every uncertainty; and lastly, because the words he spoke to Jesus remind us of the true meaning of mature faith and encourage us to go on, despite the difficulties, on our path of adhesion to Him". The evangeliser of Syria and Jordan, Thomas recalled the Holy Father in John’s Gospel is "actually mentioned just after Simon Peter" as the "witness of the Resurrected in the later moment of the miraculous fishing on Lake Tiberias", "a clear sign of the remarkable importance he enjoyed within the first Christian communities". "May Thomas’s example", concluded the Pope, "fortify more and more our faith in Jesus Christ".” “
