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"You asked for my hands
That you might use them for your purpose.
I gave them for a moment, then withdrew them For the work was hard.
You asked for my eyes
To see the pain of poverty.
I closed them for I did not want to see. "
People who are to be sent out need someone to send them; they need a message to take; they need a power and an authority to back their message; they need someone to whom they may turn when they are in doubt and in difficulty. Without Jesus, the Church has no message, no power, no support. As baptised people we have a mandate to make Jesus known and loved.
