Poem on Thomas
These things did Thomas hold for real:
The warmth of blood, the chill of steel,
the grain of wood, the heft of stone,
the last frail twitch of blood and bone.
His brittle certainties denied
That one could live when one had died,
until his fingers read like Braille
the markings of the spear and nail.
May we, O God, by grace believe
And, in believing, still receive
the Christ who held His raw palms out
and beckoned Thomas from his doubt.
(Thomas Troeger, 1984, Psalter/Hymnal of the Christian
Reformed Church)
And here is a prayer to Thomas:
Almighty and everliving God, who didst strengthen thine
apostle Thomas with sure and certain faith in thy Son's
resurrection: Grant us so perfectly and without doubt to
believe in Jesus Christ, our Lord and our God, that our
faith may never be found wanting in thy sight; through him
who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one
God, now and for ever.
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Church
Elephants of Kerala
Every old
Syrian or Thomas Christian
or Nazraney Church of Kerala
has two exquisitely carved
wooden elephants supporting
its main beam, one a fully
caparisoned Festival
Elephant and the other a
Plain Working Elephant used
mainly to pull and carry
heavy weights like timber.
