In this edition of A Minute with Mary Paul continues to reflect on Our Lady in Scripture, looking at how Christ gave us the gift of His mother from the Cross.
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In the Gospel of St John (19:25-27) we read Mary, the Mother of Jesus was at the foot of the Cross. “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.” Notice how St John uses the word ‘mother’ three times, however when Jesus speaks to His Mother directly, He calls Her ‘woman’. The use of this expression by Jesus is deliberate. ‘Woman’ is, if you like, Mary’s ‘royal title’ that links back to Genesis 3:15, the prediction that the offspring of ‘the woman’ will crush the head of Satan.
Jesus gave us His Mother because He knew that we would need Her maternal love. In the midst of His suffering on the cross – what was His solution for all our troubles? – Take my Mother! Once your heart is open to this reality of the love of Mary, then you allow God to bless you from the riches of Her maternal Heart. Mary cares about everything that happens to us because after all, that’s what mother do!
