He knows his mother is looking at him. He knows she is near. She sees that sacred face besmeared with tears and blood. She remembers the beauty of his sacred infancy; she would tenderly go and wipe again that face but it may not be. This consolation is not for her, but how her heart expands with love. She sees Veronica approach without regard for anyone around, casting aside all human respect, wiping with her veil the face of Jesus.
How does Our Lord reward love shown to him. His reward to Veronica the impression of his sacred face on her veil, is but an image of what He does to those who love him. His image is impressed upon their souls and He lives in them and therefore greatly does his Father love them.