Feast of St Veronica. According to pious legend she was a woman who encountered Christ as he labored under the weight of the cross on his way to Golgotha. Moved by compassion she wiped his face with her veil, which later, miraculously, bore the imprint of his features. (McGrath)
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There is no indication that Veronica was a disciple of Jesus. She simply responded compassionately to a man in pain and anguish, a convicted felon on his way to death. She wiped his face with her veil. And in the miraculous image left behind he revealed his true identity.
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Her story remains a true icon—an image of the divine mystery. We need not have lived 2000 yrs ago to replicate her act of devotion. Every person in need is an occasion to discover the meaning of Christ’s words: what we do for the least of these “you did it to me.”
