{"id":16567,"date":"2012-10-23T13:27:44","date_gmt":"2012-10-23T19:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=16567"},"modified":"2012-10-23T14:05:47","modified_gmt":"2012-10-23T20:05:47","slug":"ministry-of-the-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2012\/10\/23\/ministry-of-the-eyes\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of the Eyes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you approach the front of the communion line and step forward toward the Priest, Deacon, or Extraordinary Minister of Communion, does the minister take the time to look you in the eye as they distribute the Body\u00a0and Blood of Christ to you?\u00a0As you enter the church and are greeted by a Hospitality Minister, does that person go out of their way to greet you with smiling eyes?\u00a0When the Psalmist is singing the Responsorial Psalm, is their head buried in their music or are they communicating with not only with their voice but with their eyes?<\/p>\n<p>Our eyes are powerful.\u00a0A simple glance with a smile can show warmth and welcome.\u00a0A downcast eye can do just the opposite.\u00a0When is the last time you prayed grace at a meal with family or friends, not with heads bowed, but by looking up and outward at each other?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not always easy to look someone in the eye.<\/p>\n<p>I offer this challenge.\u00a0 The next time you are at Mass, use your eyes to communicate with others.\u00a0 If you serve in any type of ministry, do your best to make eye contact with those you minister to.\u00a0 If you are a parishioner in the pews, look someone in the eye when you share the sign of peace.<\/p>\n<p>If you accept my challenge, I would love to know the result.<\/p>\n<p><em>Nina Lasceski is a postulant at Saint Benedict\u2019s Monastery in St. Joseph, Minnesota.\u00a0 Originally from Michigan, and a Commissioned Lay Minister for the Diocese of Saginaw, she is now enrolled at St. John\u2019s School of Theology\u2022Seminary in Collegeville in &#8220;Modern Liturgical Movements'&#8221;with Fr. 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