...mother from the cross, will be further borne out in every instance than it is at present; as we read, " When Jesus, therefore, saw his mother and the disciple...that hour, that disciple took her unto his own home." (John xix. 26, 27.) So close an adoption as this, cannot, indeed, be expected to take place often :...

...in heaven his words do testify, previous to his death on the cross. " Now, John xix. 25. there stood by the cross of Jesus, his mother, and his mother's...saith unto his mother: Woman, behold thy son ! Then said he to his disciple, Behold thy mother I" caused by the passions in their various shapes, that...

...peculiar honour ? The answer is to be found in that simple narrative of the evangelist St. John : — " Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother,...mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he said unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son ! Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother ! "...

...mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalen. When therefore Jesus saw his mother and the disciple standing by whom he...mother. And from that hour that disciple took her to his own home," John xix. 25 — 27. Certainly never was there a greater instance of full composure...

...unto the High Priest, and spake unto her that kept the door, and brought in Peter. — St. John xviii. Now there stood by the cross of Jesus, his mother...that hour that disciple took her unto his own home. — St. John xix. Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus...

...saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. — John xix. 23, 24. Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother,...that hour that disciple took her unto his own home. — John xix. 25-27. And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama...

...feelings of humanity, he would, doubtless, then, have called her by the endearing name of mother. " When Jesus therefore saw his mother and the disciple...from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home"(John xix. 26,27). The moment of the Lord's complete glorification was now at hand, when he would...

...after the many years that had elapsed, this faithful disciple recorded without tears: —" When Jesus saw His mother, and the disciple standing by whom...mother! And from that hour that disciple took her to his own home." After staying some time with the Blessed Virgin in his house at Jerusalem, probably...

...treat Mary as his own mother, He bids Mary look to John as to her own son for support and solace: ' " Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother,...saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother." And He added no more. If Christ willed that his beloved mother should end her days in peace, removed equally...

...the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not the King of the Jews ; but that he said, I am the King of the Jews. Pilate answered, What I have written,...loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy som Then saith he to the disciple. Behold thy mother. And from that hour that disciple took her unto...