Revolution of Tenderness

A body part cannot be “fired” or “voted out of office.” Only by incurring great pain and permanent loss of function could a body sustain the loss of a limb. But a body cannot survive the loss of its central nervous system or heart, and neither can Christ’s body on earth sustain the loss of its embodied teaching authority or the lifeblood of the sacraments. While the brain and heart can sustain the loss of a hand, a hand dies if it loses contact with its brain or heart.