Ignatian
Spirituality In Music
Wounded Hands
A powerful, bittersweet reflection on the wounds of Christ. A call to reverence Christ’s passion in people we abandon today: the desperately hungry, the homeless, the despised outcast, and the dying who have no hope. Four verses. SMATB
Lyric Outtake
Turn your ear Jerusalem and heed
the cry of the hungry,
the desperately poor--
and reverence the body of Christ.
Refrain:
Wounded hands.
Wounded feet and side.
Holy passionate voice of Christ,
“My God! My God!
Why have you abandoned me?”
Quotes to Consider
"The trial of Jesus goes on without ever coming to an end on the
world's stage and in the depths of our hearts, whether it is directed
at Jesus himself and his message… or at his living persecuted members
in our poor, oppressed, discredited brethren" (Cusson, 115).
As Caryll Houselander saw it, "When Christ came into the world,
He found suffering in the world. He did not obliterate suffering but he
brought love and meaning to it. He did this by changing our suffering
into His Passion, making it meaningful and fruitful" (Healey MSW,
123).
"If by these contemplations [on the passion] we achieve union with
Christ in suffering, they will draw us out of ourselves and make us instruments
of God's grace for others" (English, 228).
"When empathy is born, care is born, and with it morality"
(Gula, 37).
"The World Bank estimates that 1.1 billion people in developing countries are poor, where poverty is defined as having an income of about $1.00 per day. There are 630 million people considered by the World Bank to be in 'extreme poverty,' facing daily problems of disease, malnutrition, and contaminated water. Bread for the World estimates that 500 million persons are hungry on a daily basis. Each day, 40,000 children die from disease and malnutrition, causes that are, in most cases, completely preventable" (Blank, 36).
Scriptures for Meditation
| Lk 22: 39-46 | In his anguish he prayed… |
| Mk 14: 66-72 | I do not know this man |
| Mt 27: 24-31 | Jesus is condemned, tortured, and led away |
| Mk 15: 21-32 | Jesus is crucified with bandits. Passersby deride him |
| Mk 15: 33-41 | Darkness comes over the land. “Why have you forsaken me?” Jesus dies |
| Jn 19: 31-42 | The soldiers pierce his side. Jesus is buried |
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