God resources to wonders only in special cases in order to convince us, and calls in a mystical way each one of us. Which means that our heart is lit by His light, we understand Him, we feel His call and we say “My Lord and God!” same as Thomas did when Jesus resurrected. We don’t touch anything, but only by increasing our spirit we get to see the unseen God. I think that the Apostle Thomas had such an enlightenment and he didn’t touch Christ. By doing so, he represents all people; he was not sceptical but he needed proof.

And we, the deeper we go in the civilised world the more we value palpable proof. We think more often: I want to see if this water boils at 100 degrees, I want to see if this metal melts at 500 degrees, I want to see what happens if I plant this seed and water it, and sits in the dark it rises without light. We want to see them all, I gave you the simplest examples… We came to be not so sceptical but with a need to feed our reason with palpable proof.

(Translated from Părintele Gheorghe Calciu, Cuvinte vii, ediţie îngrijită la Mănăstirea Diaconeşti, Editura Bonifaciu, 2009, pp. 62-63)