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Make Room for Mary
3 min
Gospel
Jn 19:25-34
But standing by the cross of Jesus were his
mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Mag´dalene. 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.
After this
Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the scripture), “I thirst.” A
bowl full of vinegar stood there; so they put a sponge full of the vinegar on hyssop and
held it to his mouth. When Jesus had received the vinegar, he said, “It is finished”;
and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
Since it was the day
of Preparation, in order to prevent the bodies from remaining on the cross on the
sabbath (for that sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might
be broken, and that they might be taken away. So the soldiers came and broke the legs of
the first, and of the other who had been crucified with him; but when they came to Jesus
and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. But one of the soldiers
pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out blood and water.
Readings are taken from Dynamic Catholic’s Bible: RSV Catholic Edition.
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Transcript
Make Room for Mary
Welcome back to Radical
and Relevant where we're exploring the genius of Jesus in the Gospels. Today's reading
is from John 19:25-34. "So the soldiers did this. But standing by the cross of Jesus
were His mother and His mother's sister, Mary, the wife of Clopis, 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.' And then He said to the disciple, 'Behold your
mother.' And from that hour, the disciple took her into his own home. After this, Jesus,
knowing all that was now finished, said, to fulfill the Scripture, 'I thirst.' A bowl
full of vinegar stood there.
"So they put a sponge full of the
vinegar on hyssop and held it to His mouth. When Jesus had received the vinegar, He
said, 'It is finished.' And He bowed His head and gave up His Spirit. Since it was the
day of preparation, in order to prevent the bodies from remaining on the cross on the
Sabbath, for that Sabbath was a high day, the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be
broken and that they might be taken away. So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the
first and the other who had been crucified with Jesus. But when they came to Jesus, they
saw He was already dead. They did not break His legs. But one of the soldiers pierced
His side with a spear. And at once, there came out blood and
water."
Is there a word or a phrase or an idea that jumps out at you
today? What jumps out at me is this interaction between Jesus and Mary and John. And
then it says, "And from that hour, the disciple took her to his own home." From that
hour, John took Mary to his own home. John took Mary and took care of her. Have you
taken Mary into your own home? What place does Mary have in your own home? And what
place does Mary have in your heart? And is it time to renew the place you have for Mary
in your home? Is it time for us to renew the place that Mary has in our hearts? Have a
great day. Remember, be bold, be Catholic.
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