In the current crisis there is a lot of confusion and many have stopped believing. We want to get close and take the Church’s pulse, see the Church’s heart to detect signs of life. We want proof that she is as alive as when Jesus Christ founded her. Contemporary society is eager to live; it needs someone to bring it life and so it challenges the Christians of our time to prove that we can still change the world. By what signs can the Church show today that she is alive? Today’s gospel brings us a beautiful example that can help us understand better in the person of doubting Thomas. He also approached Jesus looking for signs of life, and when he saw the Lord’s hands, his feet and his heart, he believed that Jesus is alive and is God.

Like Thomas we come to the Eucharist with our anguish, our doubts and our hopes. We come looking for signs of life in our brothers and sisters. May this Mass fill us with life so that we may share it with others.