http://orthodox.net/redeemingthetime/2011/04/30/newsletter-april-18-may-1-st-thomas-sunday/ McKinney TX Homilies, scripture commentary, spiritual reflections Fri, 24 May 2013 18:49:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://orthodox.net/redeemingthetime/2011/04/30/newsletter-april-18-may-1-st-thomas-sunday/comment-page-1/#comment-13847 helen Sat, 30 Apr 2011 22:30:19 +0000 http://orthodox.net/redeemingthetime/?p=3300#comment-13847 CHRIST IS RISEN!!!   Loved the Cactus Flower, the Bright Week questions and answers and the Sunday of St. Thomas questions and answers.   What a miracle, that cactus flower blooming on Bright Week!!!  That was a beautiful story, how it came all the way from Summer Camp and survived cold nights outside in a coffee can, sometimes full of too much water.  That was amazing.  And a really beautiful sign from our Lord and our God!!!   I love the Sunday of Saint Thomas.  It also happens to be my wedding anniversay.  George and I were married on the Sunday of Saint Thomas, April of 1987.  Every year when I hear the words of Saint Thomas read in Church, "My Lord and my God"  it fills me with such joy every time I hear it.  I could just imagine the astonishment of Thomas as he realized that this friend and teacher of his for the last three years who was just recently arrested and sentenced unto a horrible death, is revealed to him as our LORD AND GOD!!! CHRIST IS RISEN!!!
 
Loved the Cactus Flower, the Bright Week questions and answers and the Sunday of St. Thomas questions and answers.
 
What a miracle, that cactus flower blooming on Bright Week!!!  That was a beautiful story, how it came all the way from Summer Camp and survived cold nights outside in a coffee can, sometimes full of too much water.  That was amazing.  And a really beautiful sign from our Lord and our God!!!
 
I love the Sunday of Saint Thomas.  It also happens to be my wedding anniversay.  George and I were married on the Sunday of Saint Thomas, April of 1987.  Every year when I hear the words of Saint Thomas read in Church, "My Lord and my God"  it fills me with such joy every time I hear it.  I could just imagine the astonishment of Thomas as he realized that this friend and teacher of his for the last three years who was just recently arrested and sentenced unto a horrible death, is revealed to him as our LORD AND GOD!!!

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