McCann: Seeing Jesus in Holy Week

Guest Writer: Sandra McCann

A prior musing from a village in Tanzania

“Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own.” I Corinthians 6.19

Mirror for Holy Week

This mirror from my compact was the only one available to me for Holy Week. It was an interesting experience--not that I missed a long mirror, because I didn't. That is a great freedom for me here--never worrying about clothes or fashion. But I began to think about people who have never seen themselves and to reflect on what that must be like.

When the Maasai children look at a picture of themselves on my camera, they don't realize they are seeing themselves. The other children will say: That's you. That's you. And then they will stare hard at the picture and often break out in laughter.

I could not imagine what it would be like to not know what I looked like. I think about how much time in my life I have spent fretting in front of a mirror. How is my hair, my make-up, my clothes? These my issues are not problems in Maasai Land.

What would life without mirrors be like? Would perfect freedom come if Jesus were our only mirror?

Sandra McCann

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