There are men upon Earth who possess the art of restoring bodies. There is only our Lord who can be called the restorer of souls after the image of God. This then is the grace which the Divine Master promises to grant to all who shall set themselves to render to His adorable Face the honor and the adoration which it merits with the intention of repairing by this homage, the opprobrium It receives from blasphemers. We see in the apostle Saint Peter, an example of the virtue of the Holy Face. The apostle had by his sin, effaced the image of God in his soul. But Jesus turned His Holy Face towards the faithless apostle and he became penitent.
Jesus looked on Peter and Peter wept bitterly. The adorable Face is as it were the seal of the Divinity, which has the power of re-impressing on souls to which it is applied, the image of God.