RESURRECTIONS: Give me your hand!
‘Give me your hand’
to wipe a tear,
to make a cup of tea:
Do not be unbelieving but believe
that I am here,
before you and within;-
Give me your hand
to touch a wound with tenderness,
to change a dressing,
find a medicine:
to teach young hands to write,
to play with paint
and clay;-
to touch another’s life with love,
there is my Resurrection
now
in you.
‘Give me your hand’ said He
and in the giving, eyes are opened wide
to see the Lord, alive:-
his wounds are all our wounds,
his hands now all our hands.
He is,-
and He is here.
Seamus Devitt, C.Ss.R., from www.emptifulvessels.com
A Redemptorist Ireland Website