Rumi and Other Mystical Poets List: Saint Teresa of Avila - You Are Christ's Hands

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Saturday, August 13, 2011

Saint Teresa of Avila - You Are Christ's Hands

You Are Christ's Hands Christ has no body now on Earth but yours, No hands but Yours, No feet but Yours, Yours are the Eyes Through which He sends Compassion to the world; Yours are the Feet by which He goes about Doing Good. Yours are the Hands with which He Blesses Humanity now. Saint Teresa of Avila, (b.1515, Avila Spain) retranslated by Neshamah Emi Miller Sign in to see full entry.

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