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PRAYERS
IN TIME track 8
Lord, where did you
leave your hands?
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If something good is to be done, it will be because we take responsibility.
Written for Café Church at St John’s, West Ealing.
Later
I was pointed to the words
of Teresa of Avila:
Christ
has no body now on earth
but yours.
Yours
are the eyes with which he
looks compassion on
this world.
Yours are the feet with which he
walks to do good.
Yours
are the hands with which he
blesses all the world.
(Teresa of Avila, 1515–1582)
Lyrics
Lord,
where did you leave your
hands?
Lord, where did you leave your
hands?
You left your hands on
everybody’s arms,
you count on our fingers, you
wave with our palms—
Lord, here’s where you left your
hands.
Lord,
where did you place your
eyes?
Lord, where did you place your
eyes?
You placed a pair on everybody’s
face
to see a world that’s dying for
compassion and grace—
Lord, here’s where you placed
your eyes.
Lord,
where did you put your
ears?
Lord, where did you put your
ears?
You put them on the side of
everybody’s head
to hear the cries of those who
should be healed and be
fed—
Lord, here’s where you put your
ears.
Lord,
where do you find your
voice?
Lord, where do you find your
voice?
You find it in the breath of
everybody’s lungs
with words of grace and justice
on the tips of our
tongues—
Lord, here’s where you find your
voice.
Lord,
where do you keep your
feet?
Lord, where do you keep your
feet?
You keep a pair in everybody’s
shoes
so everybody’s soles can carry
your good news—
Lord, here’s where you keep your
feet.
Lord,
where is your body now?
Lord, where is your body now?
It’s not on the cross, it’s not
in the grave,
we touch it when we brush our
hair or shower or shave—
Lord, we are your body now,
Lord, we are your body now.
Credits
Words and music by Godfrey Rust
Godfrey Rust, Neena Caperna vocals
Adam Rust keyboards, synth bass, drum programming
Daniel Corbett electric guitar
David Fitzgerald saxophones, flute
Sam Brown cello
Recorded by Adam Rust and Godfrey Rust
Produced and engineered Adam Rust
Co-produced by Godfrey Rust
Mixed by Enoch John
Mastered by Denis Blackham