FACE OF JESUS - THURSDAY

His look was marred “beyond that of man and His appearance beyond that of mortals…He was spurned…and we held Him in no esteem” (Is. 52:14; 53:3). 

 "The face of Christ which is reflected in the Saints, and which they have in turn revealed to the world, is that of the Lord who died and rose again, of whom the Pope speaks in Novo Millennio ineunte:  "As on Good Friday and Holy Saturday, the Church pauses in contemplation of this bleeding face, which conceals the life of God and offers salvation to the world. But her contemplation of Christ's face cannot stop at the image of the Crucified One. He is the Risen One.  (Bishop Rino Fisichella Reflections on the Holy Father’s Apostolic Letter ‘Novo Millennio ineunte,  (L'Osservatore Romano)

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