Seeing God with Thomas
A Sermon for the First Eucharist of Sarah Dawson Habakkuk 2.1-4; Ephesians 2.19-end; John 20.24-29 It is a great pleasure and an enormous privilege to be here this morning. I bring you greetings from Derby Cathedral, where I minister. Thank you to Joabe for the invitation. Thank you also to Sarah. I’ve known Sarah since I was 11. She and I have laughed, cried and gossiped our way together through our lives for a long time now. It is a real joy and delight to be here when she presides at the Eucharist for the first time. Some words from the Gospel this morning: ‘Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe.’ Today we gather to celebrate with Sarah, to share bread and wine, which are for us the body and blood of Christ. And we also gather to thank God for St Thomas, one of Jesus’ first disciples and an apostle of the church. In the midst of all of this, we...