Throughout the history of the Catholic Church, saints, mystics, and scientific studies revealed the possible real face of Jesus Christ.
The Veils of Saint Veronica, the Divine Mercy image, and the Shroud of Turin all provide clues as to the true Holy Face of Christ. Many of these images are either considered relics or are revealed through Church-approved apparitions.
Below are four images that reveal the possible real face of Jesus.
The Shroud of Turin
Many believe the Shroud of Turin is the burial cloth of Jesus, as it bears uncanny similarities to the wounds of Jesus described in scripture and historical records.
“I think the deepest longing in the heart of man is to see the face of God,” shroud expert Father Andrew Dalton said in an interview with EWTN. “If the shroud gives us even a pale image of the semblance of the Savior, then I say ‘blessed are we.'”
“The shroud acts as a photo document where the greyscale is inverted, so that the photo negative is the positive image,” Father Dalton continues. “Look at all the sufferings of this man. He is shown to be crucified.
“There are nail wounds in his hands and feet. He’s wearing a crown of thorns. He’s also been scourged and pierced in the side. That’s at least four different types of very specific pathologies that converge on the person of Jesus, who we read about in the historical documents of the Gospels.”
“Especially important is the crown of thorns, because we don’t know of any other crucified man who was crowned. And yet, the man of the shroud was.”
The Shroud resides in the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist in Turin, Italy.
Here is a larger photo of the Holy Face of Jesus as depicted on the Shroud of Turin:
Here’s a video describing the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin:
The Veils of Veronica
Two images of Saint Veronica’s Veil reside in Europe – one in Saint Peter’s Basilica, and the other at the Basilica Shrine of the Holy Face in Manoppello, Italy.
Tradition holds that the veil in Saint Peter’s Basilica is the cloth Saint Veronica used to wipe the face of Jesus on His way to Calvary. The Vatican displays this veil at Saint Peter’s Basilica once a year – on the fifth Sunday of Lent.
The Holy Face of Manoppello resides behind the altar in the Basilica Shrine of the Holy Face in Manoppello, Italy. The imprint of Christ’s face appears on the cloth, without any traces of pigment or ink.
If overlayed on top of each other, both Saint Veronica’s Veil and the Veil of Manoppello align perfectly with one another and with the Shroud of Turin.
Here’s a video explaining Saint Veronica’s Veil and the Veil of Manoppello:
The Divine Mercy Image
Jesus asked Saint Faustina to “paint an image, according to the pattern you see” in a 1931 apparition. She then instructed painter Eugene Kazimierowski in creating the image in 1934.
“Paint an image according to the pattern you see, with the signature: Jesus, I trust in You. I promise that the soul that will venerate this image will not perish,” Jesus told St. Faustina.
While many versions of the painting exist, Kazimierowski’s work is almost identical to the Shroud of Turin if overlayed on the image.