Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ucla-cs!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: davidh@cascade.ens.tek.com (David L Hatcher) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: The Shroud of Turin Message-ID: Date: 21 Apr 91 06:18:14 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: /usr/ens/etc/organization Lines: 22 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article mib@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Michael I Bushnell) writes: >Didn't Jesus himself say that it was better for those who did not >touch? Didn't he praise the faith of those who did not need to touch, >while allowing Thomas to? This reminde me of a quote from Mother Teresa of Calcutta as she relates a story about one of her sisters that I read in William Johnston's clasic on Christian mysticism, "The Inner Eye of Love". "During the mass," I said, "you saw that the priest touched the body of Christ with great tenderness. When you touch the poor today, you too will be touching the body of Christ. Give them that same love and tenderness." When they returned several hours later, the new sister came up to me, her face shining with joy. "I have neen touching the body of Christ for three hours," she said. I asked her what she had done. "Just as we arived, the sister brought in a man covered with maggots. He had been picked up from a drain. I have been taking care of him, I have been touching Christ. I knew it was him," she said. For seeing the Divine within ALL peoples... David Hatcher