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- Centering Prayer and the Noting Technique of Mindfulness
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Crucifixion was designed to torture and break the body. Speaking at length was impossible; every breath required agonizing effort, pushing up on pierced feet. Each inhale was an act of resisting suffocation.
Given that, we’re left wondering: what was truly said? Were words spoken at all? Were they conveyed through the eyes, or communicated in a silence deeper than speech?
St. Teresa reminds us that, since Christ no longer has an earthly body, we are now the eyes through which he looks with love and compassion. Grace and mercy often come through silence, carrying an understanding far beyond words. We are the feet with which he continues to do good, the hands through which he blesses.
Our cross, as Christians, is the burden of love—loving with our eyes, hands, and feet. Even when our eyes weep, when our hands and feet feel pierced, when every breath is a struggle, we are still called to love.
