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This is just how Thomas feels in this FR. TOM EGAN – We welcome Fr. Tom
Sunday’s Gospel. When the other disciples Egan who is celebrating masses for our parish
say that they have seen the risen Christ, he community while Fr. Joe is away on
replies that only if he can touch the wounds pilgrimage. We are grateful for his presence!
that have made such a deep impression on
NOTE FROM FR. JOE – Greetings from
him, shocked him so much, will he believe. It
Taize, France! Our Pilgrimage is going well
is very beautiful that that is precisely what
thank God. We visited the Migrant Support
happens. Jesus comes to him knowing exactly
what he is feeling and invites him to do just groups in Calais; then to Brussels and the
that, to touch Jesus’ wounds: ‘Put your finger EU and realise what we are leaving; the
here; look here are my hands. Give me your Council of Europe in Strasbourg; I caught
hand; put it into my side’. up with the Kurdish Group who have been
keeping vigil outside the Council constantly
Why does Jesus do that and what does it say for six years. We are now in the Taize
to us today? I believe that Jesus is saying to region. This Ecumenical Group was set up
Thomas and us: the wounds, the suffering you to bring reconciliation after World War 11.
see is real, and it does hurt, and the As you read these words we should be in
Resurrection does not magic it away.
Assisi. Please keep praying for us, as we will remember you. Fr Joe