Sunday April 07, 2024
Why we should go to Mass on Sundays:
“On the evening of that first day of the week [i.e., Easter Sunday]…Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, "Peace be with you.” Thomas, called Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came.“
St. Thomas was the only apostle not to spend the Sunday of the Resurrection with Jesus, and the only one not to believe in the Resurrection.
And the one Jesus rebukes for his lack of faith.
If we miss Mass on Sunday, the day we celebrate the Resurrection, we manifest a lack of belief in the Resurrection. We might protest that we do believe; but it turns out that belief is not actionable for us. Jesus is risen and we don’t care. Other things are more important.
Don’t doubt that Jesus will rebuke us also.