[LibertyGirl77]

***Catholics view “behold thy mother” as Jesus commissioning His mother to be the Mother of all Christians, and by giving her to John who personifies the Christian people, He commands us to accept her as our own mother. ***

That's reading an awful lot into four simple words.

[Desdemona]

***Catholics view “behold thy mother” as Jesus commissioning His mother to be the Mother of all Christians, and by giving her to John who personifies the Christian people, He commands us to accept her as our own mother. ***

That's reading an awful lot into four simple words.

Why do you believe these words to be simple? Christ's language is always simple, but the meaning is very deep.