one god for ever and ever amen a reading from the letter of st paul to the occasion brothers and sisters you are no longer strangers and sojourners but to our fellow citizens with the holy ones and members of the household of god built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets with christ jesus himself as the capstone through him the whole structure is held together and grows into a temple sacred in the lord in him you also are being built together into a dwelling place of god in the spirit the word of the lord thank lord be with you with your spirit it really from the holy gospel according to john lord's he lord thomas call didn't miss one of the twelve was not with them when jesus came so the other disciples said to him we have seen the lord thomas said to them unless i see the mark of the nails in his hands and put my finger into his nail marks and put my hand into his side i will not be e now a week later his disciples were again inside and thomas was with them and jesus came although the doors were locked and stood in their midst and said peace be with you 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 that are those who have not and have believed the gospel of the lord varies to the lord jesus christ i always have a soft spot in my heart for saint thomas the apostle because my middle name is thomas and am a person that is in some ways a little bit like him that sometimes i need people to show me exactly what they are telling me that they are doing that is the right thing to do is an expression in spanish believe it and yet when he did finally see the lord and put his hands his fingers and his hands into the marks of the cross he became the st proclaimed a believer in the divinity of christ at least as far as the local witness is concerned my board and my god so this is the doubter who became the great believer so i always have a like a campaign to instead of saying doubting thomas we should say believing thomas because he started out as a doubter course but ended up as a believer and one of the strongest statements of jesus that was said up to that point in  ourselves as those who do believe we believe in the board we believe that jesus is our lord we believe that jesus is our god even without having seen him or felt the marks of the cross as thomas did loving and tender hand may be part of their lives we prayed for their board or to write we pray for many women who have been sexually abused or violated or paris that god may bring them justice difficulty in their faith we prayed to the board or to iraq we pray for american military personnel throughout the world especially in afghanistan we prayed to the board or to iraq and in the silence of our own hearts that each of us had our own particular intention lasting sign of your holiness on earth and offer all humanity your heaven the teachings there for now and for ages on ending with all the hosts of angels we sing to you with all our hearts crying covenant which will be poor word out for you and for him and for the forgiveness of sins do this in memory of me humbly we pray that partaking of the body and blood of christ we may be gathered into one by the holy spirit remember lord your church spread throughout the world and bring her to the form this of charity together with with him in his resurrection remember also our brothers and sisters who have fallen asleep in the hope of the resurrection and all who have died in your mercy welcomed them into the invite of your faith have yours for ever and ever of god as we truly receive in this sacrament the body of your only begotten son grant we pray that we may recognize him with the apostle thomas by faith as our board and as our guide and