Poetry Wednesday--St. Teresa of Avila

St. Teresa of Avila understood that the Kingdom of God was not something to wait for passively, but something to be brought about by people's cooperation with God.  She expresses this beautifully in her poem,

Christ Has No Body

Christ has no body now on earth
but yours, 
no hands but yours, 
no feet, but yours, 

Yours are the eyes through which
is to look out 
compassion to the world; 

Yours is the feet with which He is to go about
doing good; 

Yours are the hands with which He is to bless men
now.