It is no accident, for instance, that the Gospels provide no physical description of Jesus (let alone his mother Mary). They omit as much not because Jesus didn’t have a specific appearance (certainly he did), but because his physical appearance wasn’t tantamount to the meaning of his mission, and because, in a written account of that mission (on which we want to contemplate and dwell, as it contributes to our sanctity, and to the conversion of our souls), such a description might produce distractions, confusions, and unforeseen divisions.