Here is your Mother – Reflection on John 19:25-27
Jesus must have developed a deep friendship with the “disciple he loved” for many reasons. A human emotion and tender reason for me is that He knew Mary would need someone she trusted. I am sure Mary witnessed Jesus’s unique connection to this disciple. Jesus understood his dear friend would continue loving and caring for her as He did. I also suspect this disciple knew Jesus would say, “here is your mother,” and fully comprehended Mary’s spiritual connection with her Son. The gift to the disciple Jesus loved was also an encounter of love with the mother of God that no other human would ever experience. This relationship between Jesus, the disciple, and Mary can help us with how we lovingly treat all mothers, including our own. It can also help us appreciate why we often have someone in our life we feel close to in some unique way.
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John 19:25-27 – Scripture*
Meanwhile, standing near the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing beside her, he said to his mother, “Woman, here is your son.” 27 Then he said to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” And from that hour the disciple took her into his own home.
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