St PETER: THE COCK CROWS

"Tonight before the cock crows you will disown me three times"

The sculpted cockerel exposes the frailty of the disciples' faith in Jesus about which he had warned them,strenuously rejected by Peter and the others, until the the confrontation with the servant-girl,when the boldness cracked.

Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said and he went outside and wept bitterly