We’ve all heard a saying or quote that just don’t seem attributed to the right person. But if you see on the internet, in church bulletins, on holy cards, or quoted from the pulpit then it must be right doesn’t it?
One such “quote” is attributed everywhere to St. Teresa of Avila and usually starts with “Christ Has No Body….”. One common variation is:
“Christ has no body now on earth but yours,
no hands but yours,
no feet but yours,
Yours are the eyes through which to look out
Christ’s compassion to the world
Yours are the feet with which he is to go about doing good;
Yours are the hands with which he is to bless men now.”