In John 21, we read that Peter decided one night to go out fishing in the Sea of Galilee. Thomas, Nathanael, James, John and a couple of other disciples went ...

He walked along from there and saw two other brothers, James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They were in a boat, with their father Zebedee, mending their nets. He called them, and ...

Jesus didn’t just forgive St. Peter in John 21:15-17 — he gave him authority. Here’s what that passage says: When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, ‘Simon, son of John, do you ...

SCRIPTURES & ART: Three artists — Rembrandt van Rijn, James Tissot and John Bridges — imagine the healing of St. Peter’s mother-in-law in different ways. “The Healing of Peter’s Mother-in-Law” by ...

A Saint (Mark?) Reading, a painting by Bartolomeo Vivarini at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, circa 1470 (Wikimedia Commons). Why does Jesus rebuke Peter, admonishing him to “Get behind me, Satan”?