"Christ has no body but yours,
No hands, no feet on earth but yours,
Yours are the eyes with which he looks
Compassion on this world,
Yours are the feet with which he
walks to do good,
Yours are the hands, with 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 but yours,
No hands, no feet on earth but yours,
Yours are the eyes with which he looks
compassion on this world.
Christ has no body now on earth but yours."
Teresa of Avila

We often think of Lent as a time to focus on Christ's journey to the cross and the salvation and forgiveness it provides. And that is good. Yet we see in the Gospel of Mark a Jesus who call us to not just observe but to pick up our crosses and follow. To take up a cross, a sacrifice, a presence, a selflessness, a forgiving for others is what we are called to do. How often do we empty ourselves of our egos and our needs to focus on this?

"Then Jesus called the crowd and his disciples to him. "If any of you want to come with me," he told them, "you must forget yourself, carry your cross, and follow me. For if you want to save your own life, you will lose it; but if you lose your life for me and for the gospel, you will save it." (Mark 8:34-35 Good News Translation)
Peace in Christ,