...so I'll try not to either! We celebrated St Catherine of Siena yesterday, but have three male saints coming up in the next two days. So here's another female saint, on this 'spare' day in between:
St Teresa of Avila
She's perhaps most well known for these words:
Christ has no body now but yours. No hands, no feet on earth but yours. Yours are the eyes through which he looks compassion on this world. Yours are the feet with which he walks to do good. Yours are the hands through which he blesses all the world. Yours are the hands, yours are the feet, yours are the eyes, you are his body. Christ has no body now on earth but yours.
But I'd like to suggest some different words of hers to act as our theme for today:
May you use those gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you.
Why not let these words sit with you today?
(If it helps, here are a few questions based on that second quote:
What gifts have you received?
How do you use them? ...and how could you?
How do you show love to those around you?
Do you always recognise the love that is given to you? - by others, and by God.)
♫ A musical suggestion based on a prayer written by Jane Austen:
Give us grace - by Joanna Forbes L'Estrange
(Original prayer available here.)
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