Station 6
Veronica’s veil (detail), oil on canvas and oval black mirror, 122 x 91cm and 60 x 40cm.
Photograph by Joe Tareha.
Recently a pair of respected planetary scientists, Konstantin Batygin and Mike Brown of the California Institute of Technology discovered a planet, which they are calling the ninth planet - they think it is bigger than Neptune and occupies the distant reaches of space in the icy Kuiper Belt. This discovery might go some way to rectify Mike Brown’s infamous work where he ‘killed off’ Pluto, demoting it to become a dwarf planet, arguing that it could not be a planet as it was not big enough. Planet Nine has been inferred to exist by its ability to gravitationally dominate its orbit.
"We don't know it's definitely there until we see it…" said Planetary Scientist Dr. Simon O'Toole commenting on the find.
I find it interesting that we need an image to prove the existence of the invisible.
Meditation
Wiping faces, dirty faces;
faces full of sweat and tears,
faces covered in chocolate and in jam.
Wiping faces is something we try to do gently and lovingly,
something that soothes and cleanses,
something that brings healing.
Wiping faces is something we do for those who are young, or old,
or in pain, or in trouble,
Wanting them to know that they are cherished and loved.
And when we wipe the faces of God’s little ones,
we are wiping the face of God.
© Ruth Burgess and Chris Polhill
Eggs and Ashes: Practical & liturgical resources for Lent and Holy Week.
Station Information
- Year: 2016
- Station Number 6
- Veronica Wipes Jesus' Face
- Exhibitor Paul Uhlmann
Reading
I was hungry and you fed me,
thirsty, and you gave me a drink.
I was a stranger and you received me in your homes,
naked and you clothed me;
I was sick and you took care of me,
in prison and you visited me.
Whenever you did this – you did it for me.
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