[wagglebee]

"The image of Our Lady was not how she wanted it," the superior said. "Sometimes she seemed ugly to her because it did not correspond to her exact memories; it was not what the artist derived from her description. It is somewhat like what happened with St. Bernadette."

Perfect beauty CANNOT be recreated.

[NYer]

You're right. This reminds me of the great frustration faced by Sr. Faustina who was asked by our Lord to paint His image. The artist commissioned did a good job but Faustina was never satisfied with the face. She kept making him change it. After 10 attempts, Faustina poured her heart out to our Lord, apologizing because the artist could not capture His appearance.

Jesus told Faustina “My gaze from this Image is like My gaze from the Cross”. (326) One afternoon in Stockbridge, Father Seraphim Michalenko shared with us an astounding revelation, which took Our Lord's words another step deeper. In Father Seraphim's words:

Faustina would come to the artist every so often between January and June of 1934 and every time she came he would have to change the face because she didn’t like it. It was at least 10 times and maybe more. So finally she came one day, and as far as she was concerned, the image was ugly, but Jesus said “leave it in the state its in, it not good but it will do, you don’t have to change it anymore... and thats the one that matches the Shroud.