Our Lady of Sorrows.
Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother's sister, Mary, the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved he said to his mother, "Woman, behold, your son." Then he said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother." And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.
The Gospel of the Lord.
John's account of the crucifixion is remarkably short, and focuses more on the bystanders than on Jesus himself. Having described the soldiers and the other enemies of Jesus, he now shows us his friends, focusing on two: Mary and John. But strangely, these are not named; they remain “his mother” and “the disciple whom he loved.” The Mother and the Beloved Disciple are not just two individuals; they are symbolic examples of true discipleship, figures or types of the new community of love. With his dying words Jesus commits them into each other’s care. Love does not live in isolation; it implies community |
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