Thomas dared to wrestle with God,
as Job before him, resisting and insisting
on a trial, the evidence to be enumerated
in wounds; bold Thomas,
brazen Thomas. I do not dare
to call Christ to account, to demand
such demonstration of the divine,
to command such a performance
as would bring me to my knees, declaring,
My Lord, and my God;
and will he yet tread the base
boards of my heart?
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Images from the life of Christ – The Incredulity of St Thomas – Psalter of Eleanor of Aquitaine (ca. 1185) via wikimedia commons
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