Good Friday and The Moral Significance of the Human Face, by Dr. Donald DeMarco

I recall having a conversation with a young lady who claimed that she did not believe in God.  “If you do not believe in God,” I said to her, “then what do you believe in”?  “I believe in virtue,” was her response. “Then,” I said, “All you need to do is to put a face on virtue”.  Now, I cannot claim to have played an important role in her subsequent conversion, both to a belief in God and to the Catholic Church, but I think I was on solid ground by alluded to the moral significance of the face.

We need more than an abstraction to warm our hearts and motivate us to do good things.  My friend went on to write two very fine books in praise of marriage and the family.  The ultimate desire of all human beings is, one day, to see the face of God.  But in our pilgrimage, we can see reflections of His face in the face of others.  ….

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