10 Minutos com Jesus · 10 Minutos con Jesús

12-04-2026 A alegria da Páscoa mesmo sem ver - 10 Minutos com Jesus

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After a week celebrating Easter joy, we meet Thomas, who missed seeing the risen Jesus and refuses to believe.

The episode is a 10-minute guided prayer in Portuguese, structured as a solo meditation by a priest. It opens with a traditional prayer of adoration, contrition, and invocation to saints. The speaker then sets the scene: it is a week after Easter, and the focus turns to Thomas, who was absent when Jesus first appeared to the other disciples. The narrative recounts the joy and wonder of the other disciples who saw, spoke with, and ate with the risen Lord. It explains how Jesus helped them understand Scripture, revealing himself as the Passover lamb whose blood frees people from sin. Thomas, however, is isolated in his doubt. He rejects the eyewitness accounts of the empty tomb, Mary Magdalene, Peter, and the disciples on the road to Emmaus. The speaker analyzes Thomas's stance as not merely intellectual doubt but an emotional response, likely born from deep love and consequent suffering at Jesus' death. A personal anecdote is shared about a childhood friend who turned away from God in anger after his grandfather died despite prayers, drawing a direct parallel to Thomas. The meditation then highlights Jesus' gentle response to Thomas, appearing specifically to him and inviting him to touch his wounds, urging him to believe. The speaker references Bishop Javier Echevarría's insight that Thomas's doubt stemmed from profound love and fear of loss. Thomas's eventual confession, 'My Lord and my God,' leads to Jesus' declaration: 'Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.' The episode applies this to modern listeners, noting many people are closed off due to suffering or because God's ways don't fit their logic. It admits that often we ourselves are like Thomas, wanting certainty. A second personal story is told about a mother anxiously awaiting her daughter's medical school entrance exam results. Her 12-year-old son chastises her lack of faith, insisting with certainty that his sister will get in, which she ultimately does. The episode ends with a prayer asking for the intercession of St. Thomas and Our Lady to help believers have faith without seeing, followed by a closing prayer of thanksgiving and petition.

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