Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus

---

We adore you oh Christ and we bless you

R: Because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world

---

From the Prophet Isaiah

Who could believe what we have heard, and to whom has the power of Yahweh been revealed? Like a sapling he grew up in front of us, like a root in an arid ground. Without beauty, without majesty we saw him, no looks to attrack our eyes; a thing despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrow and familiar with suffering, a man to make people screen their faces; he was despised and we took no account of him. (Is.53:1-3)

---

Words of our Lord

"Whoever sees me; sees the one who sent me. I, the light, have come into the world, so that whoever believes in me need not stay in the dark anymore".(Jn. 12:45-46)

---

Let us pray

God our Father, no secret is hidden from you, for every heart is open to you and every wish is known. Fill our hearts with the light of your Holy Spirit to free our thoughts from sin, that we may perfectly love you and fittingly praise you. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen

.

---

Hymn

Bruised, derided, cursed, defiled, she beheld her tender child. All with bloody scourges rent