
THE FACE OF GOD: THE
REDISCOVERY OF THE TRUE FACE OF JESUS
By Paul Badde (Ignatius
Press, hardcover book).
Paul Badde is the Vatican
correspondent for the German daily newspaper
Die Welt. He has researched the
mysterious image of a man's face on byssus
cloth, also called sea silk. Byssus cloth is
a delicate, thin fabric woven from a silky
filament produced by mollusks and which is
too thin to paint on. Yet the image of a
man's face is clearly imprinted on this
ancient cloth. Tradition has held that this
image is the Face of the living Jesus. When
laid over the image of the face on the
Shroud of Turin, the match is perfect.
The Face of God
contains 16 pages of color photos of the
image and of events and artifacts associated
with it. The face of Christ on the image is
gentle, plain, unimposing. It is the Face of
God in the flesh, Badde concludes.
In 2007, Pope Benedict XVI
visited Manoppello, the little town which
houses the relic, and spent a long while in
silent prayer before the Holy Face. Two
weeks later, he raised the little church
housing the relic to the status of a papal
basilica.
The Face of God
details Badde's journey and research in
exploring and documenting the authenticity
of this relic. An extensive index
supplements the book. The Face of God
will appeal not only to history enthusiasts
but to all who are seeking a deeper faith
experience of the Living God. Learning the
background of this image and its trek
through the centuries confirms one's faith
in God become Man. The fuzzy image of "what
Jesus looked like" becomes clear after
reading The Face of God.
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