Reach out. Reach out to those in difficulty. “Yours are the hands with which he blesses all the world,” St. Teresa says.

Paintings of Jesus never portray him with his arms crossed or his hands behind his back. He is always reaching out, touching a child, holding a lamb, blessing those around him.

What do pictures of us look like? Are we reaching out to those in difficulty?

Today’s Bible passage says that when we reach out, we are showing our devotion, our love for God. When our aim is devotion, we keep from becoming contaminated or corrupted by the world’s ways. You’ve often heard: We are to be IN the world, not OF the world. Let us not stay isolated and insulated; instead, let us be devoted to God and to showing God’s care for others.

Let us continually reach out as the loving, pure, caring hands of Christ.

By Gail Jackins from D365