For the next few days, we will slow down and look closely at the suffering of Jesus. Not from a distance, not as a story we already know, but by entering into it, piece by piece. We will reflect on the 5 wounds of Jesus (left hand, right hand, left foot, right foot, sacred side). Today, we begin with His hands - Left and Right. The same hands that once touched lepers and made them clean… The same hands that lifted the broken, blessed children, and washed the feet of His disci

As we draw nearer and nearer to the sufferings of Jesus, and as we look more intently at His sufferings, we come to His feet today. We do not go by the Cross. We are abiding, waiting, and letting it speak. This was written long before the nails were driven in: They have pierced my hands and my feet. (Psalm 22:16) Almost a thousand years before the Cross, the agony of Christ had been perceived, already uttered. There was nothing that was not intentional regarding His Passion.