Prayers of the Saints
Christ Has No Body Now But Yours (St. Teresa of Ávila)
A prayer that grew out of St.
Christ has no body now but yours.
No hands, no feet on earth but yours.
Yours are the eyes through which he looks
with 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 on earth but yours.
Carmelite devotional tradition, after St. Teresa of Ávila
About the prayer
Teresa's teaching in The Interior Castle and her letters, and reached its present form in the devotional tradition of the Carmelites. It is prayed at commissionings, at the end of retreats, and in prayers for those doing hands-on work in Christ's name.
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