聖韋羅尼加
相傳耶穌背負十字苦架，向加爾瓦略山前進時，體力不支，跌倒在地，有一位婦中拿了一塊布巾，上前抹拭耶穌臉上的血汗。耶穌的聖容就印在這塊布巾上。相傳這位聖婦就是韋羅尼加。
十字架苦路
第六處──韋羅尼加為耶穌抹面
領：主、基督，我們欽崇你、讚美你。 （單膝跪下）
眾：你用此聖架，救贖普世。（起立）
聖詠：侮辱破碎了我心，使我憂傷難過；我期望有人同情，卻未尋到一個。我渴盼有人安慰，也未找到一個。（詠69：21）。
默想
朋友，你有勇氣抺耶穌染滿血漬的臉嗎？
你問：耶穌的臉在那裡？
在充滿淚水的眼睛，
在遍布皺紋的額頭，
在貧民窟裡，
在法庭、醫院、監獄──
總之，凡有痛苦存在的地方，耶穌的臉就在那裡。
祂就在那裡等待你，替祂抹掉血和淚。
禱文（跪下）
領：我老實告訴你們，凡你們在我這些兄弟中最小的一個身上所作的，也就是在我身上所作的一樣。
眾：主，求你協助我們在迫害中，勇敢承認你是主基督，正如韋羅尼加一樣，她堅信這個死囚是天主；其它人的譏諷、批評、迫害都不能阻止她愛主之情。請幫助我們善於運用你所賜給我們的才智，服務人群，幫助需要幫助的人，讓我們明認你活在每個人的心中。
領：天主，仰仗你所受的苦難。
眾：求你垂憐我們。（起立）
Saint Veronica
Saint Veronica is known as the woman who offered a cloth to Jesus so He could wipe His face on the way to His crucifixion. The cloth is believed to exist today in the Vatican and is considered one of the most treasured relics of the Church.
Saint Veronica is not mentioned in the Bible, but is known to us by Catholic tradition and in the Sixth Station of the Cross, “Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus.”
The 6th Station: Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus
From the Book of Psalms: 27:8-9
You have said, “Seek my face”. My heart says to you, “Your face, Lord, do I seek”. Hide not your face from me. Turn not your servant away in anger, you who have been my help. Cast me not off, forsake me not, O God of my salvation.
Meditaion
“Your face, Lord, do I seek. Hide not your face from me” (Ps 27:8-9). Veronica - Bernice, in the Greek tradition - embodies the universal yearning of the devout men and women of the Old Testament, the yearning of all believers to see the face of God. On Jesus’ Way of the Cross, though, she at first did nothing more than perform an act of womanly kindness: she held out a facecloth to Jesus. She did not let herself be deterred by the brutality of the soldiers or the fear which gripped the disciples. She is the image of that good woman, who, amid turmoil and dismay, shows the courage born of goodness and does not allow her heart to be bewildered. “Blessed are the pure in heart”, the Lord had said in his Sermon on the Mount, “for they shall see God” (Mt 5:8). At first, Veronica saw only a buffeted and pain-filled face. Yet her act of love impressed the true image of Jesus on her heart: on his human face, bloodied and bruised, she saw the face of God and his goodness, which accompanies us even in our deepest sorrows. Only with the heart can we see Jesus. Only love purifies us and gives us the ability to see. Only love enables us to recognize the God who is love itself.
Prayer
Lord, grant us restless hearts, hearts which seek your face.
Keep us from the blindness of heart which sees only the surface of things.
Give us the simplicity and purity
which allow us to recognize your presence in the world.
When we are not able to accomplish great things,
grant us the courage which is born of humility and goodness.
Impress your face on our hearts.
May we encounter you along the way
and show your image to the world. Amen.
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