A firm decision is always followed up. So an even more courageus woman foolows the man of . She’s on the side that loses. A kindness perhaps in return for a earlier healing. Or maybe just the desire to see that beautiful face clean for the last time! Jesus must have liked the gesture very much and, as a gentleman, he immediately repaied leaving her his true image. This is the meaning of Veronica: “true icon, true image”. A woman so great could not, however, remain anonymous and the Author identified her with a blue line on the veil. Is she Mother Teresa of Calcutta?

Armando Cattaneo