St Peters Orthodox Church

May 9, 2021 - On the first Sunday after Easter, we hear the account of the disciples' first experience with the Resurrected Jesus Christ. We first see the disciples, without Thomas and in the midst of a crisis of faith, experience their Risen Lord as they were hiding in a locked room. Then blessed Thomas, who also was in the midst of doubt and a crisis of faith, encounters the Lord. What we see in both situations is a group of men struggling in their faith encounter Christ. Their experience grants them His gift of great faith. The results of this gift of faith is that they would follow Him all of their days and the world would never be the same. You see, true faith only comes by the experience of Jesus Christ.