The Image of Christ Impressed Upon Our Souls

Send us Fan Mail In this homily, we reflect on two great feasts of the Church: the Feast of the Holy Mandylion, or Holy Napkin, and the Dormition of the Mother of God. The image of Christ impressed upon the Holy Napkin gives us a beautiful image of the Christian life. We are called to have the image of Christ increasingly impressed upon our own souls through prayer, fasting, almsgiving, Scripture, worship, and works of mercy. Because we are made in the image of God, the Christian life is ulti...