St. Thomas the Apostle
Daily Rosary Meditations | Catholic Prayers
Dr. Mike Scherschligt
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🗓️ 3 July 2023
⏱️ 31 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to our daily rosary meditation. Let's begin in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. |
| 0:04.6 | Amen. Let's call to mind all those we've promised to pray for. Today is the feast of St. Thomas, the Apostle. |
| 0:12.6 | About 10 years after the death and resurrection of Jesus, King Herod unleashed a violent persecution of the Catholic Church in the year 42. |
| 0:22.8 | He put to death the Apostle James, and then most of the apostles were scattered. |
| 0:28.8 | They were propelled out of their comfort zone and sent on mission by this persecution. |
| 0:35.9 | At this time, the Apostle Thomas traveled from Jerusalem, |
| 0:40.2 | first to Damascus in Syria, and then eastward, preaching the gospel and establishing the Catholic |
| 0:46.9 | Church in towns along the way in Persia, or modern-day Iraq, and Iran, until he arrived in Punjab, Pakistan, 20 miles northwest of what is now Islamabad, |
| 1:01.7 | and there he planted the Catholic Church. |
| 1:05.2 | Around the year 50, the Holy Spirit recalled him to Jerusalem with the rest of the apostles to be present at two |
| 1:13.2 | important events, the assumption of Mary and the first council of the church found in Acts |
| 1:20.3 | 15. However, like Easter Sunday, Thomas was, and he missed Mary's assumption. |
| 1:29.6 | Just as he missed the night of the resurrection, but let's give him a break. |
| 1:34.9 | He was coming all the way from Pakistan after all. |
| 1:39.2 | Thomas was distraught that he missed his mother's assumption, and like the resurrection, |
| 1:44.9 | eight days later, Mary appeared to him, assuring him of her maternal love and care, |
| 1:52.6 | and as a proof of this, she gave him her mantle or cloak, signifying that her motherly |
| 2:00.4 | presence would never fail him. After this, Thomas went by way |
| 2:05.8 | of the Red Sea to Yemen, then to the island of Sikotra, where he established the Catholic Church, |
| 2:12.2 | and from there he sailed across the Arabian Sea to the western coast of India, to Kerala, where he landed in 52 AD. |
| 2:24.2 | Thomas went with no companions. |
| 2:27.5 | He was the only Christian on the entire continent of Asia. |
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