Jesus accepts and returns the towel to Veronica. Upon it is left the impress of His adorable Face. Alas! My sins have disfigured Thy Holy Countenance. O Jesus, grant me efficacious sorrow that all sin may be erased from my soul and that Thy Grace and Thy divine Image may be stamped upon it forever.

Leader: We were so busy with what we had to do that we didn't even notice anyone else. Partners didn't notice one another. Parents didn't give any time to their children. Children seemed so indifferent to parents and so thoughtless of one another. And then it happened... a woman saw a man, His face covered with sweat and blood. She did Him a kindness, and there was the face of Jesus. We saw where we had failed.

Response: At home whenever eyes fill up with tears, at work when tensions rise, on playgrounds, in the slums, the courts, the hospitals, the jails wherever suffering exists His face is there. And there He looks for us to wine away His blood and tears.

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