The Eye-Ear/Heart/Hands-Feet Metaphor as used in the Scriptures help illustrate how a human being is formed integrally. The Eye/Ear are the windows to the external world. We are taught through a point-and-tell method that engages the eyes and the ears. We teach babies for example by pointing objects to them and telling them what it is. As we grow up, we are introduced to more “refined” ways of the point-and-tell. Remember how you were taught the basics about computers? In the Scriptures, the Eye/Ear metaphor is also used in the formation of the faith. The wonderful deeds of God are seen and the proclamation about these are heard so that these can be remembered and proclaimed.

The “Heart” is the organ — not for emotion — but for discerning, remembering, decision-making. Mary, Luke writes, put “all these things — the events surrounding her child — in her heart” (see, Luke 2:51; also Luke 2:19). In the Psalms, evil men are said to make their plans in their hearts. The Catechism of the Catholic Church gives us the following bible-based description:

The heart is the dwelling-place where I am, where I live; according to the Semitic or Biblical expression, the heart is the place “to which I withdraw.” The heart is our hidden center, beyond the grasp of our reason and of others; only the Spirit of God can fathom the human heart and know it fully. The heart is the place of decision, deeper than our psychic drives. It is the place of truth, where we choose life or death. It is the place of encounter, because as image of God we live in relation: it is the place of covenant. (CCC 2563)

The Hands-Feet are related in that both are symbols related to life-style. The “Feet” metaphor is invoked in passages about discipleship, the path followed by the just and the wicked while the “Hand” metaphor is invoked in phrases like the following:

Who shall ascend into the mountain of the Lord:
or who shall stand in his holy place?
The innocent in hands, and clean of heart,
who hath not taken his soul in vain,
nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbour. (Psalm 24:3-4)

The “hand of the enemy” refers to the “power of the enemy”; to be in the “hand of God” is to trust in Him who is almighty. The “Hand” metaphor therefore also refers to power and the way it is exercised. Thus wicked are described as having iniquities in their hands (see Psalm 26:10)

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