“Here,” she said, “in this place, we flesh; flesh that weeps, laughs; flesh that
dances on bare feet in grass. Love it. Love it hard. Yonder they do not love
your flesh. They despise it. They don’t love your eyes; they’d just as soon pick
em out. No more do they love the skin on your back. Yonder they flay it. And
O my people they do not love your hands. Those they only use, tie, bind, chop
off and leave empty. Love your hands! Love them. Raise them up and kiss”
John Predmore, S.J., is a USA East Province Jesuit and was the pastor of Jordan's English language parish. He teaches art and directs BC High's adult spiritual formation programs. Formerly a retreat director in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Ignatian Spirituality is given through guided meditations, weekend-, 8-day, and 30-day Retreats based on The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola. Ignatian Spirituality serves the contemporary world as people strive to develop a friendship with God.
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