{"id":5393,"date":"2023-02-27T01:00:13","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T00:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5393"},"modified":"2023-02-26T15:31:39","modified_gmt":"2023-02-26T14:31:39","slug":"monday-i-lent-christ-has-no-body-now-on-earth-but-yours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5393","title":{"rendered":"MONDAY I LENT: Christ has no body now on earth but yours."},"content":{"rendered":"

“I say to you, whatever you did\u00a0for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.”\u00a0<\/span>(Mt. 25:40)<\/span><\/h3>\n

\u201cThey will have a compassionate charity for the misery of the poor and they will count themselves happy to be able to relieve, in their needs, these suffering members of J.C.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Eugene de Mazenod\u2019s Rule for the members of his Christian Youth Association\u00a0 EO XV, n. 135<\/em><\/h3>\n

REFLECTION<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Christ has no body but yours,<\/em><\/h3>\n

No hands, no feet on earth but yours,<\/em><\/h3>\n

Yours are the eyes with which He looks<\/em><\/h3>\n

Compassion on this world,<\/em><\/h3>\n

Yours are the feet with which He walks to do good,<\/em><\/h3>\n

Yours are the hands, with which He blesses all the world.<\/em><\/h3>\n

Yours are the hands, yours are the feet,<\/em><\/h3>\n

Yours are the eyes, you are His body.<\/em><\/h3>\n

Christ has no body now but yours,<\/em><\/h3>\n

No hands, no feet on earth but yours,<\/em><\/h3>\n

Yours are the eyes with which he looks<\/em><\/h3>\n

compassion on this world.<\/em><\/h3>\n

Christ has no body now on earth but yours.<\/em><\/h3>\n

(St. Teresa of Avila)<\/em><\/h3>\n

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