,
And so, in the last moments of His life in this world, the Lord owed Mary
a debt of gratitude. At the moment of letting go, He remembered the bond that
had tied Him and this woman through all the years of His life. In that moment
He looked to her wellbeing. Addressing the beloved disciple, He said, “Behold
thy mother.” The inference is that John the disciple would care for Mary in her
remaining years, as it says, “at that hour that disciple took her into his own
home.” (John 19:27)
So we come back to the complexity of motherhood. It is a constant loving
and giving of oneself to one’s children. Mary never abandoned the Lord, even
though through