Two images of the second part of tomorrow's Gospel. The first is a twelfth-century mosaic from the cathedral of Monreale, Sicily.Peter-Drowning2(Notice that there are only ten apostles in the boat. Did the artist, like some modern scholars, think this is a post-resurrection event?)The second is by the Catalan painter Lluis Borrassa (ca. 1360-1425).Peter sinking 2

Rev. Joseph A. Komonchak, professor emeritus of the School of Theology and Religious Studies at the Catholic University of America, is a retired priest of the Archdiocese of New York.

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