The Shroud of Turin and the Face of Jesus

When I saw this image of Christ the King, I fell in love with it. One of the main reasons is because it looks so much like the face of Jesus reconstructed from the Shroud of Turin. All of the hoopla from unbelievers trying to say the shroud was a medieval fake has fallen by the wayside. The carbon dating that supposedly proved it wasn't old enough to be authentic was taken from a sample corrupted by the fire of 1532. No one has ever been able to recreate an image like that of Christ on the shroud by artificial means. Certainly, the technology to try to fake it was not available to the ancients. 

My brother, a physicist and mathematician, was an expert on the shroud and knew many of the scientists involved in the shroud study. He frequently gave presentations on the shroud and even a multi-session class. He addressed the carbon dating in a paper available here. 

The shroud is truly a gift to a disbelieving and cynical age. I love to contemplate the living face of Christ created from the shroud image. The devotion to the Holy Face takes on heightened meaning when one can gaze on what was truly the face of Christ. May Jesus Christ be praised!