CHRIST--THE DIVINE PHYSICIAN
This icon of Christ which is displayed in the
sidebar of our website was painted by a medical
colleague, a member of the Catholic Medical
Association. The artist/physician wrote about the
work:
"The inspiration for this icon came from the ancient icon at St Catherine’s monastery in Sinai – Christ the Pantocrator (Christ the Ruler, King). The ancient icon dates back to the year 500 AD and has lost its color so that it appears black and white and gold yet it is still very profound. Christ is holding His right hand to bless the viewer and His left hand holds the Word of God.
I ‘wrote’ (painted) this icon using the Sinai icon as a model. Christ wears a tunic of red to symbolize His suffering and death for our redemption. His robe of purple represents Kingship and royalty. The gold (real gold) of His halo, shoulder badge and book indicate divinity. The letters on His halo are the letters for the name of God “I AM”.
This is my prayer and contemplation: Christ the Divine Physician is the rightful Lord (Ruler, King) of medicine and of physicians. He calls us to be physicians in His image. Our response to His call is to profess an oath (~Hippocratic Oath) to Him of obedience and obligation and responsibility to Him for the care of His people in the practice of medicine. I pray that all who contemplate this icon of Christ the Divine Physician will become more and more conformed to His image as Healer."
"The inspiration for this icon came from the ancient icon at St Catherine’s monastery in Sinai – Christ the Pantocrator (Christ the Ruler, King). The ancient icon dates back to the year 500 AD and has lost its color so that it appears black and white and gold yet it is still very profound. Christ is holding His right hand to bless the viewer and His left hand holds the Word of God.
I ‘wrote’ (painted) this icon using the Sinai icon as a model. Christ wears a tunic of red to symbolize His suffering and death for our redemption. His robe of purple represents Kingship and royalty. The gold (real gold) of His halo, shoulder badge and book indicate divinity. The letters on His halo are the letters for the name of God “I AM”.
This is my prayer and contemplation: Christ the Divine Physician is the rightful Lord (Ruler, King) of medicine and of physicians. He calls us to be physicians in His image. Our response to His call is to profess an oath (~Hippocratic Oath) to Him of obedience and obligation and responsibility to Him for the care of His people in the practice of medicine. I pray that all who contemplate this icon of Christ the Divine Physician will become more and more conformed to His image as Healer."