The beauty of our Hands as Catholics: 6th Sunday in Easter Season

Listen to the homily here.

Notes:

6^th Sunday in Easter Season

We have been talking A LOT of our hands!

·      Wash our hands

·      Wash our hands again, and again, and again

·      And not only wash our hands, but make sure we are wearing gloves on our hands

As this has some important information to curve the Covid-19, in this “short time period” (which also feels like forever), could you think about how much we use our hands?

Start with Mass

·      The Lord be with you

·      Using our thumbs to make the cross on our forehead, lips and chest

·      Holding the host going into the Body of Christ and the Chalice as the wine turns into Jesus Blood

·      Receiving communion by the Minister, or receiving the Body of Christ (which will be the only way to receiving communion with the hand)

Or how about other sacraments?

·      Anointing of the Sick—both hands over a persons head

o   The oil placed on their forehead and palms of their hands

·      Confession

o   The forgiveness in the Sign of the Cross—that’s right…another way with our hands

·      Baptism

o   Hands pouring water on a baby or adult over their foreheads

·      Confirmation

o   Hands with Chrism Mass on the confirmand’s forehead

·      Marriage, not with my hands, but their hands with rings

Or others

·      Blessings, sprinkling with water, etc.

Remember today and the days come forward, that our hands are not just used for this virus, but our spiritual journey, as St. Peter and St. John told us today:

·      “…they laid hands on them
and they received the Holy Spirit.”