I am the way

    At the Last Supper,  Jesus told the disciples He was soon to depart from them. "And," He said, "you know the way where I am going."   Thomas replied, "We do not know where you are going:  How can we know the way?"

    "I am the way," replied the Master.

    This window represents His way of obedience taken - or refused - by those whom He called to His service.

    In the large medallion at the top,  Jesus is shown calling His first two disciples, Peter and Andrew, to leave their nets and follow Him to become "fishers of men."  At the bottom,  the large medallion portrays the Risen Christ sending out the 11 into all the world to preach and baptize in His name.

    Two interesting symbols appear under the top medallion.  The first, on the left, shows fish entering a basket, representing the ingathering of the Church. The second, right, is the descending dove which is always a symbol of the coming of the Holy Spirit.

    Between the large circular medallions are two scenes of Jesus calling men to Himself.  The first, left, recalls to us that "he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, 'follow me.'  And he rose and followed him."  The center medallion in the right lancet represents the tragedy of the triumph of wealth over divine love: the rich young ruler saying no to the invitation of Jesus.  In the center lancet, immediately under the large circular medallion, the disciple Philip invites Nathaniel "under the fig tree" to go and meet Jesus,  who is in the background of the picture and who characterizes Nathaniel as an Israelite "in whom is no guile." Directly underneath, Philip appears again.  Certain Greeks in Jerusalem for the feast of the Passover accost Philip with the request, "Sir, we wish to see Jesus."

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