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
Christ’s compassion to the world;
Yours are the feet with which he is to go about doing good;
Yours are the hands with which he is to bless women and men now.
–Saint Teresa of Avila
You must always be very careful about your life and actions,
as you represent me now. You are my hands and feet,
and what people think of you, they think think of me.
–Sri Anandamayi Ma, to some of her devotees.
Sources
Eknath Easwaran, God Makes the Rivers to Flow: Selections from the Sacred Literature of the World
Swami Mangalananda, A Goddess Among Us: The Divine Life of Anandamayi Ma
