{"id":4389,"date":"2016-03-21T12:33:56","date_gmt":"2016-03-21T17:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/moniqueocampowrites\/?p=4389"},"modified":"2016-03-21T12:33:56","modified_gmt":"2016-03-21T17:33:56","slug":"behold-your-mother-reflections-on-the-seven-last-words-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/moniqueocampowrites\/2016\/03\/21\/behold-your-mother-reflections-on-the-seven-last-words-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Behold Your Mother: Reflections on the Seven Last Words Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing beside her, he said to his mother, \u201cWoman, here is your son.\u201d <\/span>Then he said to the disciple, \u201cHere is your mother.\u201d And from that hour the disciple took her into his own home.- John 19:26-27<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If there was one thing I liked about last night\u2019s\u00a0Passion<\/em> on Fox, it was that Mary (played by Trisha Yearwood) played a more prominent role than expected, singing four\u00a0songs throughout the show. With that said, one thing I wish they showed was a scene where Jesus asks John to take care of his mother.<\/p>\n

There is a lot of symbolism and a huge breach of tradition within this scene. For one thing, it proves that Jesus has no biological siblings because if he did, those biological siblings would\u2019ve had the job of taking care of Mary after Jesus died. Another important thing is how Jesus addresses Mary. He calls her \u201cWoman,\u201d the same title he used at the Wedding of Cana.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m currently reading Venerable Fulton Sheen\u2019s\u00a0Life of Christ<\/em>\u00a0and the awesome archbishop spends three and a half pages meditating on this particular verse from the Gospel of John. By calling Mary \u201cWoman\u201d at the Wedding of Cana, Jesus is faced with the reality that after changing the water into wine, He will set Himself on the road to the Cross. In screenwriting terms, Mary acts as the herald, giving Jesus the call to adventure. By saying\u00a0\u201cWoman, what concern is that to you and to me? My hour has not yet come,\u201d Jesus is acknowledging that eventually, his hour on the Cross will come and that Mary will be there with him.<\/p>\n

When Jesus calls Mary \u201cWoman\u201d at the Cross, he acknowledges her as the New Eve, the new mother of all living. By giving her over to John, He gives her over to all his disciples and, by extension, us. In this small gesture, Jesus made Mary our mother.<\/p>\n

Given that I did like aspects of last night\u2019s\u00a0Passion<\/em> on Fox, the song I\u2019m gonna share with you is the last one Trisha Yearwood sang as she held onto the illuminated cross:<\/p>\n