Biblical symbolism – Linda Vogt Turner

Epiphany XVII: Cast the Stone, Catch the Fish

A Black man stands in the water holding a net, with a red-haired, blue-eyed woman caught within it, as waves move around them.

Jesus foretold Simon’s denial—“Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you like wheat.”

In the miraculous catch, Jesus is revealed in the sifting of Simon—so come, have breakfast.

Epiphany IX: The Bridegroom Called Aside — Set Apart

A red-haired woman rests her hand on a stone jar as an elder, professorial-looking man lifts a glass of wine for a black man draped in saffron to taste.

At Cana, the master of the banquet tastes the wine and the bridegroom is called aside. This ninth Epiphany reflection pauses to notice that phrase — and what it reveals in Lent.