[wagglebee]

John 19:26-27.

[uglybiker]

Ah, yes. Looks like yet another episode of...

[Diego1618]

John 19:26-27. From the Douay.......

When Jesus therefore had seen his mother and the disciple standing whom he loved, he saith to his mother: Woman, behold thy son. After that, he saith to the disciple: Behold thy mother. And from that hour, the disciple took her to his own.

This verse simply says Our Lord gave the responsibility for the care of his mother to his first cousin, John....son of Salome and Zebedee. Salome was Mary's sister. Jesus did not want to give to his own flesh and blood brothers this task as their family relationship.....at the time, was on very shaky ground. [John 7:1-5] Since Joseph was already dead the next closest relative would be a first cousin....if you were presently ignoring your brothers.

Where does it say I'm to call Mary my mother?

[Salvation]

 

26

When Jesus saw his mother ¹¹ and the disciple there whom he loved, he said to his mother, "Woman, behold, your son."

27

Then he said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother." And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.

 

And the footnote that goes with it:

 

¹¹ [26-27] This scene has been interpreted literally, of Jesus' concern for his mother; and symbolically, e.g., in the light of the Cana story in John 2 (the presence of the mother of Jesus, the address woman, and the mention of the hour) and of the upper room in John 13 (the presence of the beloved disciple; the hour). Now that the hour has come (John 19:28), Mary (a symbol of the church?) is given a role as the mother of Christians (personified by the beloved disciple); or, as a representative of those seeking salvation, she is supported by the disciple who interprets Jesus' revelation; or Jewish and Gentile Christianity (or Israel and the Christian community) are reconciled.