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As you sit, reading these words, open your own hands before you...
Open hands image well the three ancient exercises of Lent: prayer, fasting and almsgiving.
Hands emptied of food and drink (and just plain stuff!) are the hands of one who fasts: hands emptied of tangible nourishment in the hope of feeding hungers deep in the soul...
Hands reaching out are helping hands, ready to serve the needs of neighbors, particularly the needs of the poor...
Empty, open, outstretched hands are the hands of a beggar...
and before our God, we are all beggars...
before our God, we open our hands
and seek the peace that only God can give...
Lent is a time for hands:
lifted in prayer,
emptied to be filled,
reaching to help...
Are these my hands this Lent?
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just wanted to share something...
ReplyDeletethis morning while riding the T, I was sitting and listening to my music and just looking around and I thought of this post-
I looked down at my hands and opened them in my lap-
it brought a smile to my face and even some peace to my heart-
thank you for this- it is moments like this that make all the difference to me-