Blessed are those who have not seen

After thinking more about last Sunday's Gospel readings, I've been struck by John 20:29.

Jesus said to him, "Have you come to believe because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed."

I've always considered myself one of the "blessed" Jesus speaks of, because I have not seen him, and yet I believe.

But what if I did see Jesus, would my faith be stronger? I hope that it would, but I fear the truthful answer to that question. As a Catholic, I get to see Jesus every week (every day in fact, if I were faithful enough) in the Eucharist. Even though he doesn't look like he did when Thomas saw him, Jesus is there, Body. Blood, Soul, and Divinty, as real as he was when he spoke the words quoted above. So in a very concrete sense, I, and all Catholics, have seen Jesus. Is my faith as strong as it should be? I don't think so.

Thankfully, "For human beings this is impossible, but for God all things are possible" (Matthew 19:26).