On the wall opposite the doorway, the central scene is a feast wherein seven men are seated at a table, partaking of fish and bread; and there is a history in the last chapter of St. John’s Gospel, of which it may be taken as a literal representation. It was when our Lord “showed Himself to His disciples at the Sea of Tiberias, and He showed Himself, after this manner. There were together Simon Peter and Thomas who is called Didymus, and Nathanael who was of Cana of Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two others of His disciples”—seven in all. “And they went a-fishing, but caught nothing. Jesus appeared to them on the shore.” Then there follows the miraculous draught of fishes; and as soon as they came to land, they saw “hot coals lying, and a fish laid thereon, and bread. Jesus saith to them, Bring hither of the fishes which you have now caught. And Jesus cometh and taketh bread and giveth them, and fish in like manner.” Such is the letter of the gospel narrative; but this narrative is in fact a mystical and prophetic representation of the Church gathered together out of the waters of the world, and fed by the Holy Eucharist. The hundred and fifty-three great fishes that were caught represent the large numbers of the faithful that were drawn into the Church by apostolic preaching; the fish laid on the hot coals is Jesus Christ in His Passion, His Body “delivered for us” on Mount Calvary, given to us also to be our food in the Blessed Sacrament whereby “we show the death of the Lord until He come.” The faithful caught in the net of the Church must be brought to that broiled fish (_Piscis assus, Christus passus_, says St. Augustine), that crucified Lord, and they must be incorporated with Him by partaking of the living Bread which came down from Heaven. [Illustration: _Sacrifice of Isaac._] [Illustration: _Resurrection of Lazarus._]