"What was Veronica thinking when she stared into the eyes of Jesus as he made his way to the Crucifixion? Imagine the scene: Jesus has fallen for the first time. He is completely spent, walking beside Simon of Cyrene, his 'voluntold' helper. Mary, his mother, mournfully looks on, and all he can do is continue down this weary road.
"He was a man despised and rejected, a man of sorrows (Isa 53:2–3). Veronica, too, felt sorrow over the persecution of this just man . . . As he struggled by her, their eyes met.
"Those eyes."
In a recent commentary, Brother Louis Mary Bethea, O.P., reflected on they eyes of Jesus Veronica saw as she wiped his face and as she looked at the image He left on her linen cloth.
To access Br. Louis' complete reflection, please visit:
Dominicana: The Power in His Eyes (19 SEP 23)
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