Thomas is a rational man who needs to experience things for himself, reason them out and understand them. I really like Thomas. I identify with him.
Si somos imagen y semejanza de Dios, y somos seres racionales, es bueno que usemos la razón para alcanzar la verdad. También para aceptar la Verdad, con mayúscula.
If we are the image and likeness of God, and we are rational beings, it's good that we use reason to reach truth. Also to accept the Truth, with a capital letter.
"Estad prontos para dar razón de vuestra esperanza". "Always be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks you for a reason for your hope." (1 Pe 3, 15)
Hay corrientes de pensamiento, lo sabemos, que plantean la incompatibilidad entre fe y razón. Desde mi experiencia esas posturas no son ni creyentes ni son razonables. Estoy convencido de que tener fe es de lo más razonable.
There are streams of thought, we know, that maintain incompatibility between faith and reason. From my experience these stances are not believable nor reasonable. I am convinced that having faith is the most reasonable of choices.
La fe es algo más que el aspecto cognitivo, la fe es adhesión del corazón y es la conducta coherente y consecuente con lo anterior.
Faith has something more than a cognitive aspect. Faith is the adhesiveness the heart and it's the coherent conduct and consequence of the above.
Tomás es un modelo de fe: Finalmente, cuando tuvo experiencia de Jesús resucitado, declaró: "Señor mío y Dios mío" (Jn 20, 28). Luego dio su vida por Él.
Thomas is a model of faith: Finally, when he experienced Jesus resurrected, he declared: "My Lord and my God!" (John 20:28.) Then he gave his life for Him.
Siempre he imaginado esta escena con Tomás arrodillándose, quizá porque en la Biblia es la postura que tantas veces aparece como la de quien se sabe y se siente ante lo más sagrado o ante Dios mismo.
I have always imagined the scene where Thomas is kneeling, perhaps because it's the posture that so many times appears as the one where one knows and feels himself before the most sacred o before God himself.
Ante mí se doblará toda rodilla To me every knee shall bend (Is 45, 23)
¡Doblemos la rodilla ante el Señor que nos creó! Let us kneel before the LORD our maker! (Sal 95, 6)
Está escrito: "Juro que toda rodilla se doblará ante mí y toda lengua dará gloria a Dios", dice el Señor. for it is written: "As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bend before me, and every tongue shall give praise to God." (Rm 14, 11)
Para que al nombre de Jesús, se doble toda rodilla en el cielo, en la tierra y en los abismos, at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth, (Flp 2, 10)También Jesús, en ocasiones, oraba al Padre de rodillas. Also sometimes Jesus prayed to the Father kneeling (Lc, 22, 41)
It's true that Jesus told Thomas: "Have you come to believe because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed."(John 20:29.) The majority of the truths in which we all believe, we believe them without having "seen" nor without our five senses nor rationality. But we believe it because we trust (faith) the testimony of others we trust.
Les he trasmitido en primer lugar, lo que yo mismo recibí. For I handed on to you as of first importance what I also received (I Cor 15,3)"Ver" por nosotros mismos es con frecuencia una riqueza muy escasa. Pero Dios no reserva la dicha a unos pocos sino a todos, por eso "dichosos los que creen sin haber visto".
"To see" for ourselves is a very rare luxury. But, God doesn't reserve happiness for just a few, but rather for all. That is why "happy are those who believe without seeing."
I identify with him too. I liked this post. :)
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Thank you for your nice commenton my blog. We will go back to Antibes/Juan les Pins in October! I am looking forward to it.
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Thank you. Now we saw Lincoln. We loved it too.
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Hola Enrique, "hombre de poca fé".
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