I was working on a scene in one of my stories. It looks like my character Andrew will get his own story someday, but he’s with his sister Isabel as they’re contemplating their lives without each other as they’ve now graduated from college and are taking jobs in two different cities, he in DC and she in Albuquerque. It’s the first time they’ve been away from each other. She reaches out and makes a comment about his hands. I’m not sure what she’s going to say exactly but it’s sort of foreshadowing to the fact that he’s going to become a priest one day.<\/p>\n
So, I googled ” a priest’s hands” to see if what I could find and I found this poem here <\/a>and thought it was pretty and worth remembering. I’ll find the right words for her to say to him.<\/p>\n I must admit, I’ve noticed that all the priests I know have beautiful hands.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Beautiful Hands of a Priest <\/strong><\/p>\n We need them in life’s early morning, And when we are tempted and wander And when we are taking life’s partner, God bless them\u00a0 and keep them all holy When the hour of death comes upon us Author Unknown<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I was working on a scene in one of my stories. It looks like my character Andrew will get his own story someday, but he’s with his sister Isabel as they’re contemplating their lives without each other as they’ve now … Continue reading
\nwe need them again at its close;
\nWe feel their warm clasp of friendship,
\nwe seek them when tasting life’s woes.
\nAt the altar each day we behold them,
\nand the hands of a king on his throne
\nAre not equal to them in their
\ngreatness; their dignity stands all alone;<\/p>\n
\nto pathways of shame and sin,
\nIt’s the hand of a priest that will absolve
\nus—-not once, but again and again;<\/p>\n
\nother hands may prepare us a feast,
\nBut the hand that will bless and unite
\nus is the beautiful hand of a priest.<\/p>\n
\nFor the Host which their fingers caress;
\nWhen can a poor sinner do better than
\nto ask Him to guide thee and bless?<\/p>\n
\nmay our courage and strength be increased.
\nBy seeing raised over us in anointing the
\nbeautiful hands of a priest!<\/p>\n