Then, having fastened the end of a large band beneath the armpits, they rolled it round the head and the whole body.

Finally, they placed our Divine Lord on the large sheet, six yards in length, which Joseph of Arimathea had bought, and wrapped him in it.

He was lying diagonally upon it, and one corner of the sheet was raised from the feet to the chest, the other drawn over the head and shoulders, while the remaining two ends were doubled round the body.
The Blessed Virgin, the holy women, the men--all were kneeling round the body of Jesus to take their farewell of it, when a most touching miracle took place before them.

The sacred body of Jesus, with all its wounds, appeared imprinted upon the cloth which covered it, as though he had been pleased to reward their care and their love, and leave them a portrait of himself through all the veils with which he was enwrapped.

With tears they embraced the adorable body, and then reverently kissed the wonderful impression which it had left.