Ministry to Men
The first window is a portrayal of the Baptism of Jesus with which his ministry begins as recorded in all the gospels. Jesus is with John the Baptist at the River Jordan with the shell as a symbol of the incident. The words - Ecce Agnus Dei (Behold the Lamb of God) - also appears as spoken by John with the symbol at the bottom.
The next window depicts the nature of Christ's ministry in healing and teaching. A crippled man approaches Him for mercy with the assurance of being heard. At the bottom is an interesting treatment of the reference in Matthew 7: 24-27 of one doing the words of Christ being like unto a man building a house upon a rock and one not doing them like unto a man building upon sand.
The last section portrays the climax of the Ministry of Christ. It is the
confession of St. Peter -"Thou art Christ, the Son of the Living God"
- at Caesarea Philippi. Here is represented the faith of all the disciples
after having been with Christ three years. Above is depicted the Mount of
Transfiguration with Jesus represented by the cross, Moses by the tablets
of the law and Elizah by the fiery chariot. At the bottom are the crossed
keys, the historic symbol of St. Peter.
