{"id":59871,"date":"2022-04-21T13:14:34","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T18:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=59871"},"modified":"2022-04-28T13:18:14","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T18:18:14","slug":"ars-praedicandi-second-sunday-of-easter-ed-foley-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/21\/ars-praedicandi-second-sunday-of-easter-ed-foley-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ars Praedicandi:<\/i> Second Sunday of Easter, Ed Foley"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Fr. Edward Foley, Capuchin<\/em><\/p>\n

A common joke states:<\/a><\/p>\n

Sherlock Holmes and Dr.\u00a0 Watson went on a camping trip.\u00a0 As they lay down for the night, Holmes said:\u00a0 “Watson, look up into the sky and tell me what you see”.\u00a0 Watson said:\u00a0 “I see millions and millions of stars”.\u00a0 Holmes:\u00a0 “And what does that tell you?” Watson:\u00a0 “Astronomically, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets.\u00a0 Theologically, it tells me that God is great and that we are small and insignificant.\u00a0 Meteorologically, it tells me that we will have a beautiful day tomorrow.\u00a0 What does it tell you? ” Holmes:\u00a0 “Somebody stole our tent”.<\/em><\/p>\n

Sometimes, we miss the obvious.
\nThis is as true with religion as it is with camping trips
\nand if there was one common consensus this past week
\namong those many preaching bloggers
\nwho hold forth on the internet
\nsomething maybe not that obvious to the rest of us
\nit is that Thomas has gotten a bum rap.<\/p>\n

And it is this gospel passage,
\nthese 12 verses from the 20th chapter of John
\nmore than any other,
\nthat are the source of this maligning.<\/p>\n

We have unwittingly contributed to this apostolic disparagement
\nand have even given him a title not found in the gospels.
\nWe call him Thomas the doubter while
\nthe gospel only calls him Thomas Didymus, Thomas the twin.<\/p>\n

Yet the gospel evidence around this disciple is quite rich
\nand disallows a simplistic caricature
\nthat reduces Thomas to being only and ultimately a Doubter.<\/p>\n

Rather there is substantial Biblical evidence that this is also
\nThomas the determined,
\nThomas the hardnosed,
\nand Thomas the unscamable.<\/p>\n

Thus, earlier in John\u2019s Gospel,
\nwhen Jesus decides to go into dangerous Bethany
\nit is Thomas the brave who pipes up,
\nand insists the disciples go along
\neven if it means dying with Jesus (John 11:16).<\/p>\n

And when Jesus is giving his long mystical discourse
\nduring the Last Supper
\non the place where he was going
\nand the other apostles are apparently nodding their heads
\nthough they probably don\u2019t have a clue
\nabout what Jesus is telling them,
\nit is Thomas the irrepressible who honestly confesses
\nthat he does not know where Jesus is going (John14:5)
\nand does not know how to find the way
\nand is determined to get a straight answer out of Jesus<\/p>\n

And on that first Easter eve
\nwhen Peter the chicken-hearted and the rest of the apostles
\nare locked in the backroom of the Jerusalem Hilton
\napparently afraid of their own shadows,
\nwhy is Thomas not there?<\/p>\n

Who knows, maybe he\u2019s out scowling the streets
\nlooking for Jesus
\nand figures that while he\u2019s out there
\nhe might as well pick up some groceries
\nfor his cowering apostolic friends.<\/p>\n

When he does come back from his long search
\nor the grocery store
\nand hears that the others have seen the Lord.
\nis his response arrogant or just practical?
\nMaybe Thomas has seen enough snake oil salesmen
\nthat he has no interest in being scammed
\nso he basically asks the gospel equivalent of
\nwhere\u2019s the beef?
\nBlessed are you, Thomas the unscamable.<\/p>\n

In the words of Barbara Brown Taylor
\n\u201cThomas is a stand-in for all of us
\nwho want to see something for ourselves
\nbefore we decide whether or not it is true.\u201d [1]<\/p>\n

And of course when Jesus does appear,
\nthe risen one does not rebuke him
\nbut makes an amazing invitation
\nto touch the wounded body of Christ
\nwhich provokes the most profound profession of faith
\nin the gospel of John:
\n\u201cmy Lord and my God.\u201d<\/p>\n

Key to the power of this encounter
\nis one of the most intimate forms of human communication:
\nthe gesture of human touch.
\nWhen thinking of important communication modes,
\nit is probably that the first things that come to mind are
\nspeech, digital images, and music.<\/p>\n

What we may not reckon with is the primal nature of touch:
\ntouch is the first sense that babies develop in the womb.
\nTouch receptors develop on their face
\nby week 8 of pregnancy.<\/a><\/p>\n

Touch is also essential for the health of newborns;
\nstudies show that well-nourished, safely sheltered infants
\nwithout touch are likely to experience developmental problems <\/a>
\nand even die.<\/a><\/p>\n

Touch starvation<\/a> or \u201cskin hunger\u201d also occurs with adults.
\nWithout enough physical touch we can become
\nstressed, anxious, or depressed.<\/p>\n

How many of us experienced that during COVID-19,<\/a>
\nwhen grandparents ached to touch their grandkids,
\nand family members longed to touch
\nsick and dying loved ones?<\/p>\n

But it is not only in times of pandemic
\nthat we need the power of human touch,
\nwhich medical research demonstrates
\nis necessary for the wellbeing of adults.
\nFrequent hugs can lower blood pressure
\nand can aid in combatting depression.
\nIt is demonstrated that NBA players play better<\/a>
\nwhen they performed bonding gestures
\nlike high-fives, back-slapping, and chest bumps.
\nThe gift of touch enables us to make our way
\nphysically and metaphorically
\nthrough a seemingly \u201csenseless\u201d world.<\/p>\n

Most of us know the story of Helen Keller (d. 1968),
\nthe most celebrated disability rights advocate
\nwhose primary sense for making her way through the world
\nwas touch.
\nGo back and watch the scene in \u201cThe Miracle Worker\u201d
\nat the water pump when the experience of touch
\nopens Helen\u2019s mind to completely new worlds.<\/p>\n

Less well known than Keller was Laura Bridgman<\/a> (d. 1889)
\nwho lost the use of even more senses than Keller,
\nfor example, Keller could smell and taste,
\nyet Bridgman became the first deaf-blind person
\nto receive a full education
\nall through the miracle of touch.<\/p>\n

While it is not something we often ponder,
\nthe Jesus of the gospels wielded the miracle of touch
\nwith frequency and great aplomb.
\nMultiple times this very tactile savior touched the blind
\nin healing them (e.g., Mark 8:22-26);
\nhe touched the bier of the widow\u2019s son
\nbefore he raised her (Luke 7:14);
\nhe touched the leper to heal him (Matt 8:3);
\nhe touched the servant of the high priest
\nand healed his severed ear (Luke 22:51);
\nand he touched his disciples when they
\ncrouched in fear after the transfiguration (Matt 17:7)<\/p>\n

Images of touch appear in each of today\u2019s readings.
\nIn Acts signs and wonders were done
\nat the \u201chands\u201d of the apostles,
\nboth a metaphorical and literal reference.<\/p>\n

In John\u2019s vision in revelation
\nthe glorified Christ touched John with his right hand
\nassuring him not to be afraid.<\/p>\n

And of course, there was the tactility of the Gospel
\nin which Jesus invites Thomas\u2019 hand
\ninto the very wounds of the Crucified.<\/p>\n

Anne Mullins shares this story:<\/a><\/p>\n

Every two or three months, Thyago Ohana goes out on the busy streets of Vienna, Austria, with a big smile and a sign saying, “Free Hugs”. The handsome 32-year-old Brazilian, who works in international trade at the Indian Embassy in Vienna, chooses a popular locale, like the historic shopping street Kaerntner Strasse. There he opens his arms to anyone who wants a hearty embrace.<\/em><\/p>\n

He does it because once, back in 2012, when he was feeling very stressed and anxious during a visit to Paris, a stranger gave him a free hug. He’s never forgotten how it filled him with unexpected calm and joy. <\/em><\/p>\n

For those who take up his offer, getting a hug makes them laugh and smile. But sometimes it does more, as when an elderly woman in a tour group stopped and watched him. The group moved on, but she asked, “Can I have a hug?”\u00a0 “Of course you can!” said Thyago who wrapped his arms round her.\u00a0 When they broke their embrace, she kept holding on to his shoulders and looked into his eyes. “Thank you,” she said. “I can’t remember the last time I was hugged this way.”<\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

It’s a memory that still makes him emotional. “It was a really powerful moment of human connection. It’s why I keep doing it.”<\/em><\/p>\n

The psychologist Dacher Keltner notes<\/a>
\nthat we live in a touch-deprived world.
\nWe would rather stand apart,
\nmaybe look out of curiosity,
\nbut are cautious of getting too close,
\nwith hand sanitizer on the ready.<\/p>\n

Thomas the apostolic tactillian
\nchallenges any stand-offish form of Christian discipleship,
\na poignant challenge in these sometimes-disheartening days
\nwhen our world is witnessing too much crucifixion
\nand the wounds of the Christ
\ngape open in the flesh of humanity.<\/p>\n

Thomas\u2019 willingness to touch the wounds,
\nto get up close and personal with pain, even crucifixion,
\nprompts us to do the same.
\nOur families, our neighbors, the stranger, the marginalized
\nare skin-hungry for the compassionate Christ.<\/p>\n

As we were touched by hand and water and chrism in baptism,
\nso we are missioned to reach out to others
\nwith the boldness of Thomas
\nand the Compassion of Christ,
\nwhom we profess as Lord and God, forever and ever.<\/p>\n

\n

[1] Barbara Brown Taylor, Home By Another Way <\/em>(1999), p. 114.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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