Jesus came, although the doors were locked, and stood in their midst and said, “Peace be with you.” Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my hands, and bring your hand and put it into my side, and do not be unbelieving, but believe.” Thomas answered and said to him, “My Lord and my God!” Jesus said to him, “Have you come to believe because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.” (Jn 20:26-29)

Saint Thomas may have wanted proof of the pudding in this classic scene from the Fourth Gospel, but nowhere in the passage does it say that Thomas touched the Risen Lord. Even though the Lord says, “Go ahead, put your finger here, put your hand in my side,” but Thomas doesn’t do it. And on top of everything, the Lord also said, “Don’t be unbelieving, but believe.” And it’s that last part that Thomas does when he gives us the highest confession of Jesus in all the Scriptures: My Lord and my God!