It is all part of what is manifested so that we may learn about God and his will and purpose for our humanity. This is all part of the doctrine of the Epiphany, not the narrative. “For there is no power but of God,” Paul tells us in Romans 13, again the continuation of the readings from Romans 12 that we have had on these Epiphany Sundays. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light” (Mt. For as Jesus says, “I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. The icon includes the words which immediately follow: “take my yoke upon you, and learn from me”(Mt. “Come unto me all that labour and are heavy laden, and I will refresh you,” Jesus says. The words around the figure written in the Cyrillic script are part of the so-called Comfortable Words in the liturgy. This sensibility is seen visibly in our icon of Christus Pantokrator. It is more about divine compassion, a form of love. “What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”īut the manifestation of Christ as Pantokrator is not some imperious display of power and domination. And it ends, appropriately enough, with an Epiphany of Christ as Pantokrator, the ruler of all. Today’s Gospel marks the end of the Epiphany season this year.
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