The Coming II

On the cloth known as Veronica's Veil is the image of a living man. Within the threads of this ancient cloth are his blood, his sweat, and his tears. In life there is no peace and he is suffering, suffering cruelties administered in a manner difficult to comprehend. In an act of pity, loving hands wiped his face with this fine linen, and forever recorded that moment. On the Shroud of Turin is the image of a dead man. Within the threads of this ancient cloth are his blood, his sweat,...
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On the cloth known as Veronica's Veil is the image of a living man. Within the threads of this ancient cloth are his blood, his sweat, and his tears. In life there is no peace and he is suffering, suffering cruelties administered in a manner difficult to comprehend. In an act of pity, loving hands wiped his face with this fine linen, and forever recorded that moment. On the Shroud of Turin is the image of a dead man. Within the threads of this ancient cloth are his blood, his sweat, and his tears. After suffering cruelties beyond comprehension, he is at peace. In the moments after his death, loving hands had anointed his body, and wrapped him in fine linen. What they could not stop in life, they gently and tenderly cared for in death. For Andrew Abraham Lincoln, the question is - are these two images the same man, one in life the other in death? If they are, then who is he, and is there some meaning for us in the modern world? Can a man speak across two millennia, and if he can... what will he tell us?