Contemplation of Christ's Face

Contemporary people require today’s believers not only to “tell” them about Christ, but also to somehow “show” Him to them. Our witness would, however, be unbearably poor if we were not the first to contemplate the face of Christ. (…)
“Lord, I seek your face.” This ancient yearning of the psalmist could not find a better and more surprising response than in the contemplation of the face of Christ.

(John Paul II, apostolic letter Novo millennio ineunte, II,16.23)