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that Christ is risen and that he can be encountered. They will
not be converted and believe unless they can touch His wounds
and see the radiance of his face.

Healing power of Touch
it is interesting to see how Christ dealt with Thomas. The first
thing he did was to show him his own wounds. Christ felt no

need to hide the wounds for they were the proof of His love for
His disciples. They were the mortal wounds the Good Shep-
herd suffered in defending His Flock from the world. Then he
invited Thomas to touch those wounds. Thus it was by touching
and being touched that he was healed of his unbelief as well as
of his other wounds. It is by showing our wounds, by touching
and being touched that we are healed. However, only children
and the mentally handicapped are good at letting themselves
be touched. Many of us adults, have the same need but we

no longer have the innocence and spontaneously to allow it
to happen to us. Many people are starving for the affection,
tenderness, care, love acceptance, forgiveness and gentleness.
But touching by itself is not enough. It is the ‘Quality’ of my
touch that matters. The quality of my touch is a good measure
of the kind of person I am. Helen Keller, being blind, had to
rely heavily on the sense of touch. She said “I have met some
people, so empty of joy that when I shook hand with them, it
seemed as it I was shaking hands with an iceberg. But there are
others who have sunbeam in them so that their grasp warms
my hearts”.