From Doubt to Faith

English Homily-Divine Mercy Sunday- Fr. Peter PatrosNew Sunday (Khoshaba Khatha) is celebrated as the first Sunday after the Resurrection, coinciding with Divine Mercy Sunday and the memorial of Mar Abraham. The focus is on the Divine Mercy icon revealed to Saint Faustina Kowalska, whose rays of blood and water symbolize life, cleansing, and renewal flowing from Christ’s side. Thomas the Apostle is held up as the central figure — his doubt, his demand for proof, and his transforming encounter with the risen Jesus leading to faith. Several motives of credibility are presented to explain belief: miracles, fulfilled prophecy, the witness of saints, and mass historical conversions. Each believer is pastorally called to encounter the risen Christ and become a living witness — to be Jesus for others who still doubt.