This is exactly how I picture our Lord when I meditate. It was both uplifting and unsettling for me. I'm actually surprised more people don't base their images of Christ off of the Shroud these days. Rather, I keep seeing this abominable "caveman" rendering of Our Lord:
I don't have any idea whatsoever where they got that caveman image of Our Lord. :facepalm:
Here’s a beautiful rendition that seems to be based in part on the Face of Our Lord portrayed on the Shroud:
Or, even worse, the effeminate Jesus.My profile image is my absolute favorite Sacred Heart image.
I also dislike the effeminate depictions of St. Joseph that have been pretty popular and become widely circulated.
Thanks. It's amazing how close the images from "Classical Antiquity" got ... compared to the Shroud. That's just a reflection of the fact that Tradition was strong. Just as these images very much resemble Our Lord on the Shroud, so too the DOCTRINE of "Classical Antiquity" (i.e. that of the Fathers) also closely mirrors what was taught by Our Lord.This makes me think of this:
Beautifully done. I appreciate that they didn’t give home more facial expressions. He is above human passions and emotions and I think it’s inappropriate to depict Him that way in art.St. Basil the Great claimed that Jesus never laughed, and, I cannot remember which saint said it but there was one that even claimed He never smiled. Which makes sense given that His entire life was meant to be of the most intense suffering. This is not to detract from His interior joy through His union with the Father, but, the solemn Jesus matches His solemn character that comes through in the Gospels.
St. Basil the Great claimed that Jesus never laughed, and, I cannot remember which saint said it but there was one that even claimed He never smiled. Which makes sense given that His entire life was meant to be of the most intense suffering. This is not to detract from His interior joy through His union with the Father, but, the solemn Jesus matches His solemn character that comes through in the Gospels.
St. Basil the Great claimed that Jesus never laughed, and, I cannot remember which saint said it but there was one that even claimed He never smiled. Which makes sense given that His entire life was meant to be of the most intense suffering. This is not to detract from His interior joy through His union with the Father, but, the solemn Jesus matches His solemn character that comes through in the Gospels.Incarnational means He took on all of our form. That which was not assumed cannot be saved. Christ the Divine Physician...how many wounds, misunderstandings, gentle rebukes, invitations, consolations are all communicated with just a smile?
I have to believe that He may have smiled from time to time. In terms of emotion, we know that He wept over Lazarus.Yeah, hearing the one about Him accusing an Apostle of having an impure thought about Our Lady was enough to keep me away from Valtorta.
Of course, if you read Valtorta, He was yucking it up all the time, including when making impure jokes about His Mother.
https://youtu.be/xAVZp9tW5FU (https://youtu.be/xAVZp9tW5FU)
Here is an in depth video that shows how the shroud is a moving image of Our Lord captured in the first seconds of the Resurrection showing how modern technology was able to uncover a veritable movie of the momentous event.