One body

We are all one body in Christ. This is why it is so horrid to do anything malicious to another--it is self-injurious behavior. Those who are wounded often strike or pinch another part of the body in order to create a different, distracting pain, but this is ultimately self-destructive. We must instead turn ourselves over to the Great Physician that we may be healed, and in turn be His hand or eye in caring for the wounds.

Likewise as one body, we must be willing to accept the burdens of another part, for it is the burden of the one body. Should the feet give out, the knees and hands must be ready to bear the burden of carrying the body along the path; should the neck get tired the hands must be ready to support the head. In meditating on our Lord's body in His passion, we can see how the body must work as one to accomplish the goal of salvation.