Veronica is a woman who is found at the sixth station in the spiritual journey-prayer called the "Stations of the Cross" that is in practice among Catholics. (I had written a note about Veronica last year.) Veronica is not directly mentioned in the Gospels. However, such a traditional story has existed since the time of the early Church. Jesus is in his final journey towards Calvary, carrying the cross. Cross did not have the kind of glamour it has these days. The cross was