Do You Have a Heavy Cross to Carry?
Eucharistic Poem: Open Your Hands
Photo By: Flickr/Catholic Diocese of Saginaw
Open your hands.
Dirty as they may be. Leave your stains, sins and brokenness at the altar.
Open your hands.
Worn thin from labor and toil. Come to Me all who are burdened and need rest.
Open your hands.
Trembling fingers. You who fear and are anxious with the cares of the world.
Open your hands.
Small and innocent like a child. Let the children come to Me.
Open your hands.
Frail from aging and illness. Come for healing and restoration.
Open your hands.
The lost and forsaken. I’ll take your hand and guide you along the straight and narrow path.
Open your hands.
Take and receive Jesus.
The source of our salvation.
The source of our rest.
The source of our peace.
The source of our restoration.
The source of our healing.
The source of our life’s direction.
By His Body and Blood, He is in us, for us, with us, among us.
So open your hands.
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About the Author
Katie Zalany lives in Cleveland Ohio. She is a Third Order Secular Franciscan (OFS), spiritual director, benefits/wellness leader, certified health and life coach, and SVDP volunteer. She is the creator of the ministry Women in Waiting | Made for Fruitfulness and is the published author of Called to Corporate. Her writing interests and focus areas include Gospel reflections, Franciscan spirituality, women's spirituality, prayer, and integration of faith and daily living.
