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Saint Thomas is one of the more interesting Apostles of Christ per St. John's Gospel. Thomas' faith is demonstrated before Jesus' final journey to Jerusalem, which the disciples were worried about their safety, Thomas said: "Let us also go, that we may die with him." (St. John 11.16) However,  Thomas was not present when the other Apostles' were visited by the Risen Christ, and did not believe them, which is why he is sometimes referred to as "Doubting Thomas."

At the Mass

The following is taken from:

The Introit

Antiphon: Psalm 139 Right dear are thy friends unto me, O God, and held in highest honour: their rule and governance is exceeding steadfast.

Verse: Ibid O Lord, thou hast searched me out and known me: thou knowest my down sitting and mine uprising.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Repeat the Antiphon Right dear are thy ...

The English Gradual: Part II - The Proper, Pages 157-161

The Collect

Almighty and everliving God, who for the more confirmation of the faith didst suffer thy holy Apostle Thomas to be doubtful in thy Son’s resurrection: Grant us so perfectly, and without all doubt, to believe in thy Son Jesus Christ, that our faith in thy sight may never be reproved. Hear us, O Lord, through the same Jesus Christ, to whom, with thee and the Holy Spirit, be all honour and glory, now and for evermore. Amen.

The Book of Common Prayer (1962), Page 262

The Epistle
Ephesians 2. 19.

Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God; and are built upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone; in whom all the building, fitly framed together, groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord; in whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

Ephesians 2:19-22 NIV KJV NRSV NASB RSV NKJV ESV

The Book of Common Prayer (1962), Pages 262-263

Gradual and Alleluia

Psalm 139 Right dear are thy friends, O God, and held in highest honour: their rule and governance is exceeding steadfast. If I should count them: they are more in number than the sand of the sea.

Alleluia. Alleluia. Psalm 33 Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous: for it becometh well the just to be thankful. Alleluia.

The English Gradual: Part II - The Proper, Pages 157-161

The Gospel
St. John 20. 24.

Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe. And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you. Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side; and be not faithless, but believing. And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord, and my God. Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed; blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.

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The Book of Common Prayer (1962), Page 263

The Offertory

Psalm 19 Their sound is gone out into all lands: and their words unto the ends of the world.

The English Gradual: Part II - The Proper, Pages 157-161

The Preface

Upon All Saints’ Day and other Festivals of Saints.

Who in the multitude of thy Saints hast compassed us about with so great a cloud of witnesses, that we, rejoicing in their fellowship, may run with patience the race that is set before us, and together with them may receive the crown of glory that fadeth not away. Therefore with Angels, etc.

The Book of Common Prayer (1962), Page 81

The Communion

St. John 20. Reach hither thy hand, and behold the print of the nails: and be not faithless, but believing.

The English Gradual: Part II - The Proper, Pages 157-161

At the Offices

Vigil

Psalm(s): 62, 63
First Lesson: 2 Samuel 15:17–21
Second Lesson: John 11:1–16
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Morning Prayer

Psalm(s): 15, 16
First Lesson: Job 42:1–6
Second Lesson: John 14:1–7
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Evening Prayer

Psalm(s): 17
First Lesson: Ecclesiasticus 2
Second Lesson: 1 Peter 1:3–9
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