Peace053 – What is this legend about Veronica with the image of Jesus’ face on a piece of cloth?

Question

Veronica is not mentioned in any of the gospels, not even in the entire Bible. According to tradition, Veronica was one of the women who lined the street along which Jesus passed on the way to His crucifixion. She is said to have stepped forward to wipe the blood and dirt from the face of Jesus with a piece of cloth. That face of Jesus was miraculously impressed on the cloth.

The Roman Catholic Church commemorates this as the 6th Station of the Cross.

Veronica came from the Latin verac- meaning true or verax meaning truthful, and the Greek word Eikon meaning “image”. Hence, her name means “true image” or “true likeness”.

The Holy Spirit we talk to said that this incident is true. Veronica saw the face of Jesus grimacing in pain. She could not bear to see His suffering so she took pity and wiped the blood and sweat on the face of Jesus with a trifold cloth (cloth folded three times). With the power of Jesus, the image of His face was miraculously impressed on the cloth of the sorrowful Veronica. When the cloth was spread out, three images were impressed.

What do you think of this story? Legend? Myth? Tradition? True?

The following story of Veronica is from “Song and Narration of the Holy Passion of Jesus Christ” that the Holy Spirit recommended for us to use as well. This book is used during Holy Week in the Philippines.

Jesus was very tired because of the whipping He was getting and the carrying of the heavy cross. His body was trembling. There was no cloth or rag to wipe His dimming eyesight because of the blood and sweat running down His face.

It was a character trait of Veronica since she was a child to give alms to those who needed help. When she saw the face of Jesus full of blood and sweat, she couldn’t bear the sight. With a trifold cloth she was carrying, she wiped the face of Jesus. Her heart was throbbing with fear and she was sighing with unparalleled sadness.

With the power of Jesus, He miraculously impressed His face on the cloth that Veronica used. When the cloth was spread out, three faces of Jesus were impressed.

Answer 1

I am Orthodox Christian, and we also know this story:
"When the fame of our Lord Jesus Christ came to Abgar, the ruler of Edessa, who was suffering from leprosy, Abgar sent a messenger named Ananias, through him asking the Savior to heal him of his disease, while bidding Ananias bring back a depiction of Him. When Ananias came to Jerusalem, and was unable to capture the likeness of our Lord, Jesus, the Knower of hearts, asked for water, and having washed His immaculate and divine face, wiped it dry with a certain cloth, which He gave to Ananias to take to Abgar; the form of the Lord's face had been wondrously printed upon the cloth. As soon as Abgar received the cloth, which is called the Holy Napkin (Mandylion), he reverenced it with joy, and was healed of his leprosy; only his forehead remained afflicted. After the Lord's Death, Resurrection, and Ascension, the Apostle Thaddaeus (see Aug. 21) came to Edessa, and when he had baptized Abgar and all his men, Abgar's remaining leprosy also was healed. " Also there is more of this: Abgar had the holy image of our Savior fixed to a board and placed at the city gate, commanding that all who entered the city reverence it as they passed through. Abgar's grandson, however, returned to the worship of the idols, and the Bishop of Edessa learned of his intention to replace the Holy Napkin with an idol. Since the place where it stood above the city gate was a rounded hollow, he set a burning lamp before the Holy Napkin, put a tile facing it, then bricked up the place and smoothed it over, so that the holy icon made without hands was no longer to be seen, and the ungodly ruler gave no further thought to it.

With the passage of time, the hidden icon was forgotten, until the year 615, when Chosroes II, King of Persia, was assaulting the cities of Asia, and besieged Edessa. The Bishop of Edessa, Eulabius, instructed by a divine revelation, opened the sealed chamber above the city gate and found the Holy Napkin complete and incorrupt, the lamp burning, and the tile bearing upon itself an identical copy of the image that was on the Holy Napkin. The Persians had built a huge fire outside the city wall; when the Bishop approached with the Holy Napkin, a violent wind fell upon the fire, turning it back upon the Persians, who fled in defeat. The Holy Napkin remained in Edessa, even after the Arabs conquered it, until the year 944, when it was brought with honor and triumph to Constantinople in the reign of Romanus I, when Theophylact was Ecumenical Patriarch. The Holy Napkin was enshrined in the Church of the most holy Theotokos called the Pharos. This is the translation that is celebrated today (August 16)" this is quoted from from goarch.org
The actual Holy napkin was lost in the Crusades, along with other relics that were in one Orthodox city that was destroyed by some of the crusaders.
God Bless

go to goarch.org for more information.

Answer 2

This story must be a myth. God knows men and if it were real the cloth would be lost. The ark of the covenant is lost, the 10 commandments, Arron's rod that budded, the serpent on the staff, all lost because God know men will worship a thing rather than you (accounting for all the idols in the catholic church and those that pray to them and not God) If it were real it would be nonexistent. By the way the so called shroud of Turin is one piece and the bible claims the garment that covered Jesus was 2 pieces. Interesting.

Answer 3

Its beautiful...just as many of the traditions of the Roman Catholic Church...but from whom are the origins of this story. People didn't speak Latin back then so how was her name derived? Sounds like a myth to me. Besides, Jesus's power through the Holy Spirit healed people and gave testimony through the living...not inanimate objects like this cloth, or His garments or a chalice (cup). The Roman Catholic Church is full of beautiful fallacy...its the Apostate Church...people follow these traditions of men so devotedly. Its sad...Love in Christ, ~J~

Answer 4

True,trace of seeds of Gendulla were found on this piece of cloth,gendulla,is thorny plant growing in Palestine,thought used to make the crown put on Jesus' head

Answer 5

I believe it to be true. It is also said that she is the woman of Matthew 9:20-22

Answer 6

truth.
It is tradition. If it is not in the Bible then it was passed down by word of mouth. It is in the Gospels

Answer 7

I think you have confused Veronica with Betty, and Jesus with Jughead. I remember reading this story in an old, Archie, comic book, though.

Answer 8

Is this not the story made up that Da Vinci made a nice fake for that fooled everyone?

Answer 9

I believe this to be true. Praise the Lord!

Answer 10

Now ask us about Batman.