Description Our Lady of the Keys and of the end of Times.This icon has two Gospel passages written on it. The first one is, Mark 14:72Immediately the rooster crowed the second time. Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken to him: 'Before the rooster crows twice you will disown me three times.' And he broke down and wept.The second one is, John 21:15-19When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon son of Jonas, do you love me more than these? He said to him, Yes, Lord; you know that I love you. Jesus said to him, Feed my lambs. A second time he said to him, Simon son of Jonas do you love me? He said to him, Yes, Lord; you know that I love you. Jesus said to him, Tend my sheep. He said to him the third time, Simon son of Jonas do you love me? Peter felt hurt because he said to him the third time Do you love me? And he said to him, Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you. Jesus said to him, Feed my sheep. Very truly, I tell you, when you were younger, you used to fasten your own belt and to go wherever you wished. But when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will fasten a belt around you and take you where you do not wish to go. He said this to indicate the kind of death by which he would glorify God. After this he said to him, Follow me.As we know by tradition, the apostle Peter was in charge of the rest of the eleven apostles since the beginning even before when Jesus told him, And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. Matthew 16:18. This means that from the time when Peter denied Jesus and the rooster crowed on Holy Thursday, till the time when Jesus appeared to his disciples for the third time after he was raised from the dead and asked him three times if he loves Him, no one was in charge of the church characterized by the faithful and the apostles, but instead of Peter, Mary the Mother of Jesus was
Vito Petrus Saracino, Derry Member Since January 2018 Artist Statement I am an Italian iconographer living in Ireland since 2003. I am specialized in sacred drawings, I believe that every painting created by me must have a spiritual symbol that invites those who admire it to a sense of transcendence. I have started to paint religious images since a very young age. In recent years after started to study iconography in Newman College Ireland newmancollege.ie I have developed my own style which I call "a bridge" between an Icon and a painting. I paint sacred images like icons not on wood, but on a paper like a regular painting hence I call this style "a bridge". Hoping that you like my works, which are a fruit of prayers and spiritual awareness.