Jesus Christ is the image of the invisible God through whom all things in heaven and earth were created. The centrality of Christ in the  affairsof the universe (creation and sustenance) is a theme that has formed part of the Church’s teaching ever since the apostolic times. The passage from St. Paul’s letter to the Colossians that we have read today was part of an early Church hymn that celebrated the person of Christ and his work in the on-going creation of the universe.
Jesus Christ, in his life and ministry, unveiled the face of God who until then had remained  faceless,so to speak (the two individuals who had the privilege of  meetingwith God “face-to-face” were Moses and Elijah, but in both occasions, they were only able to see the “back” of God because no one sees the face of God and lives [cf. Exodus 33:18-23; 1 Kings 19: 11-13]). It was only in the person of Jesus Christ that God’s face has finally been shown to the world without the consequences described in the Old Testament. This is because Jesus Christ, all the while remaining God, descended to us in a form (nature) that can be understood by us. In Jesus Christ is a God who can be beheld and touched, a God who can sympathize with us because he understands us. Most importantly, Jesus Christ “brings down God.” Everything that has been known and said about God finally became visible in Jesus Christ: the unconditional love and forgiveness, limitless mercy and kindness, and love for the downtrodden. What this means for those of us who have been called by his name (Christians) is that the responsibility of showing the face of God to the world has been passed on to us. Like Jesus, it is imperative that we allow those who have not encountered God to do so in, and through us. Like Jesus, we too have become the visible face of the invisible God.