‘Woman, behold your Son. Behold your Mother.’
Editor’s note: Father Raymond J. de Souza recorded meditations on the Seven Last Words at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Ogdensburg, New York. They will air on EWTN on Good Friday at 1 p.m. (EDT). It will also be available at ewtn.com and EWTN+. Through Good Friday, those meditations will be published at the Register.
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“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 whom he loved standing near, 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 to his own home” (John 19:25-27).
The Third Word is the sweetest Word. Jesus speaks to and about Mary, Mother of God, his Mother and our Mother. To her is entrusted St. John, and with him the entire Church.
In the historical panels here, there are three that are not about American history. Under the window of the Wedding at Cana, there are windows of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Our Lady
