The Holy Face – Based on a Vintage Holy Card – Catholic Art Print – Archival Quality hand-made science and theology

science and theology

but she persevered

-- Comes with a cardboard backer

You can go one way or another

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The Holy Face – Based on a Vintage Holy Card – Catholic Art Print – Archival Quality hand-made science and theologyDevotion to the Holy Face of Jesus is ancient, going back to the image of his face on St. Veronica's veil made as he carried the cross. It became more popular in the 19th Century after a Carmelite nun, Sister Marie of St. Peters, reported in 1845 her vision that God wished a formal devotion be established. This was at a time of an increasing devotion to Jesus's interior life, known as the Sacred Heart. Among those devoted, Therese Martin took the name