[R. Scott]

If having an idea of what He may have looked like helps one to pray than there is certainly no harm in that.

I have seen representations of The Christ in the Orient that were Asian, Black in predominately Black churches and Nordic in many Protestant churches. It doesn’t even matter that the Virgin of Guadalupe is apparently Mexican.
There was a time this bothered me, but now I realize that His physical appearance is irrelevant. It is the message that is important.

[ThanhPhero]

I have seen representations of The Christ in the Orient that were Asian, Black in predominately Black churches and Nordic in many Protestant churches. It doesn’t even matter that the Virgin of Guadalupe is apparently Mexican.

Mary has appeared to the faithful in many parts of the world and she appears in a likeness for assurance of those who see her. Mary of La Vang, the apparitions in Viet Nam were of a woman who would be familiar in appearance to the people who saw her and is dressed familiarly ->http://www.marypages.com/LaVang.htm

[PoorMuttly]

There is a mural of the Last Supper on a church wall in Peru, with them eating the local dish...grilled guinea pig.

Yum !