“He is even a mystic saying wonderful things about the “gaze” of the Holy Face.”
What is that about. Not heard of it before.
Here are some I have jotted down.
“We turn to you, (Saint) Francis, and we ask you: Teach us to remain before the Cross, to let the Crucified Christ gaze upon us, to let ourselves be forgiven and recreated by his love.” -Pope Francis, Assisi, October 4, 2013
“Mother (Mary), look upon us. Your gaze leads us to God.”
-Pope Francis, Homily, September 22, 2013, Shrine of Our Lady of Bonaria, Cagliari, Sardinia
“In the fragile human being each one of us is invited to recognize the face of the Lord, who in his human flesh experienced indifference, and the solitude to which we often condemn the poorest, both in developing countries and in countries that are well-off. Every unborn child, but condemned unjustly to be aborted, has the face of Jesus Christ, has the face of the Lord, which even before birth, and then as soon as born experiences the refusal of the world. And every old person and - I spoke about the child: let us go to the elderly, another point! And every older person, even if infirm or at the end of her days, bears herself the face of Christ. They can’t be thrown away, as the throw-away culture proposes to us! They can’t be thrown away! -Pope Francis to members of the International Federation of Catholic Medical Associations, Rome, September 20, 2013