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So, it is important to affirm the specific, superior, and unique nature of this presence, as well as highlighting its qualitative difference with respect to other, albeit important, ways that the Risen Lord is present in his Church and in the world. My Lord and my God The Risen Jesus, appearing to the Apostles, turns to Saint Thomas who did not believe that he was risen, and said to him: “Put your finger here, and see my hands; put out your hand, and place it in my side; doubt no longer, but believe!” (Jn 20, 27). Listening to the Word and receiving the Body of the Lord in this way, we too are able to contemplate the Risen Lord Jesus who is present in the “holy signs” and we confess with the Apostle Thomas: “My Lord and my God! (Jn 20, 28). (See Dies Domini, 29). 97