I think that St. Thomas often gets a bad rap for his doubt. He merely expresses what we would probably be thinking if we were him, and for that matter what the other disciples would have been thinking if they didn’t get to see Jesus the first time. But in his doubt, Jesus invites him to blessing. Thomas is invited to touch the Lord so that he could believe and be one with him. That’s the same invitation we have every time we approach the Lord in the Eucharist. “Take and eat,” Jesus says, “Touch me and do not be unbelieving but believe.” May the invitation to touch our Eucharistic Lord be the occasion to dispel our own doubt and become more closely one with him.