At Christmas time, we celebrated the Incarnation, the coming of God among us as a human person. While Jesus walked this earth, we called him “Jesus”. After his resurrection, Jesus returned to his disciples for a brief time and walked among them. He was now the “Christ”, the Risen Lord! But the Incarnation continues. As St. Paul reminds us: “You are the body of Christ”. We do not only represent Christ. We are Christ to the world! Teresa of Avila was a Spanish Carmelite nun who was a mystic and a Doctor of the Church. Her prayer guides us to be the body of Christ in the world:
“Christ has no body now but yours, No hands, no feet on earth but yours,
Yours are the eyes through which Christ’s compassion must look out on the world,
Yours are the feet with which he walks about doing good,
Yours are the hands with which he blesses all the world.”
Good people of St. Catherine’s, let us be Christ to one another and to all those with whom we meet. - - - Fr. Jim
“Christ has no body now but yours, No hands, no feet on earth but yours,
Yours are the eyes through which Christ’s compassion must look out on the world,
Yours are the feet with which he walks about doing good,
Yours are the hands with which he blesses all the world.”
Good people of St. Catherine’s, let us be Christ to one another and to all those with whom we meet. - - - Fr. Jim
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