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(Acts 5:12–20; John 20:19–31) “My Lord and my God!” - called St. Apostle Thomas (John 20:28). Do you feel with what strength he grabbed hold of the Lord and how tightly he holds Him? The drowning man no more firmly holds the board on which he hopes to be saved from drowning. Let us add that whoever does not have the Lord for himself and himself in relation to the Lord, does not yet believe in the Lord as he should. We say: “The Lord is Savior,” meaning that He is the Savior of all, but this one says: “The Lord is my Savior.” Whoever says: “my Savior” feels his salvation coming from Him. Concomitant with the feeling of salvation is the feeling of destruction from which the Savior rescued the saved one. The feeling of destruction of a person who loves life by nature, who knows that he cannot save himself, forces him to look for a Savior. When he finds Him and feels the power of salvation emanating from Him, he grabs hold of Him tightly and does not want to tear himself away from Him, even if they deprive him of his very life for it. Events of this kind in the spiritual life of a Christian are not imagined only by the mind, but are experienced in action. Then, both his faith and his union with Christ become as strong as life or death. Such a one only sincerely cries out: “Who will separate me!” (Rom.8:35). You might be interested in: