Low Sunday – St Thomas' doubts dispelled
On Low Sunday, the Easter Octave, we hear about the institution of the sacrament of penance, and the resolution of St Thomas' doubts.
On Low Sunday, the Easter Octave, we hear about the institution of the sacrament of penance, and the resolution of St Thomas’ doubts.
Editor’s Notes
“Low Sunday”, or the Easter Octave, is also known as Dominica in albis (after the white robes of the newly baptized neophytes, which are now put away) or Quasimodo Sunday (after the Introit).
On this Sunday, the Church reads the account of Our Lord’s appearance on the evening of Easter Sunday, and again a week later.
On Easter Sunday evening, Our Lord breathes on the Apostles and gives them the power to forgive sins. But St Thomas was not there, and issues his famous condition for belief – which Our Lord graciously fulfils, for our sake.
Fr Coleridge deals with all this, as well as considering whether St Thomas’ faults were as grave as they are sometimes presented.
Easter Day
Part I: What the risen Christ did when he met all the Apostles together
Why did the risen Christ insist on ‘Peace,’ and eat in front of his Disciples?
Part II: Easter’s lasting gift: The power to forgive sin
Before Easter Sunday was finished, Christ gave his Apostles the power to forgive sins—a power greater than that of the angels.
Part III: Why the Church honours St Thomas despite his doubt
Is it possible that St Thomas’ faults have been exaggerated over the centuries?
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