The Feast of St Thomas, Ap, IInd Class

Today is the Feast of St Thomas Didymus, the Apostle of India (the illustration is of an Indian postage stamp honouring him).

The Collect from the Roman Breviary:

Grant us, we beseech thee, O Lord, to glory in the solemn festival of blessed Thomas, thine Apostle, that we may both be helped continually by his patronage and imitate his faith with befitting devotion. Through.

The Proper Lessons may be found here.

The Propers of his Mass may be found here.

The article on him from the Catholic Encyclopædia.

From Magnificat.

From Goffine's Devout Instructions.

From the Golden Legend of Bl Jacobus Voragine.

From Tradition in Action.

From Wikipedia (watch out for the gnostic influence!).