For the new year

From Teresa of Avila (1515–1582)

Christ Has No Body

Christ has no body but ours,
No hands, no feet on earth but ours,
Ours are the eyes with which he looks
Compassion on this world,
Ours are the feet with which he walks to do good,
Ours are the hands, with which he blesses all the world.

Ours are the hands, ours are the feet,
Ours are the eyes, we are his body.

Christ has no body now but ours,
No hands, no feet on earth but ours,
Ours are the eyes with which he looks
compassion on this world.

Christ has no body now on earth but ours.

May we all remember this...