We read that Jesus said to Thomas, Because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed; blessed are they that have not seen, and have believed. Christians, like Thomas, are found, in whom, amid the stragglings of unbelief and the conflicts of a doubting heart, a real love of Christ lies deep within. And this, as it is His gift, is known to the Lord. If any such be here now, there is comfort and hope for you in this record of Thomas; for there is this encouragement for you, that your Saviour can subdue the evil heart of unbelief and disperse the doubts and questionings that rise up from it like noxious vapours, and give such power to the love he has imparted, that it, feeble as it may be, shall rise up over every hindrance, and produce a blessed confession of Christ, in the daily life. The once doubting, questioning, and weak Christian shall go forth with gracious strength before the world, leaning on the Beloved, and avowing him to be my Lord and my God. And there is this further instruction for all, that if any one comes to Christ honestly, he will in nowise be cast out, be his imperfections, his ignorance, his deficiency in faith and grace what they may. Only come, and persevere, in the spirit of him who cried Help mine unbelief, and you will not be turned back by Him, Who will not break the bruised reedy nor extinguish the smoking flax.
- text taken from Daily Bread - Bring a Few Morning Meditations for the Use of Catholic Christians by Father Richard Waldo Sibthorp