A beautiful month for a beautiful Mother! The birds are singing, the trees are turning green (remember we’re way up north-it takes a while here!), and the flowers are blooming. Warm air hits your face as you walk out the door, instead of a cold blast. If the cold does return, as the warm air fights to remain, you know it is fleeting. Summer warmth and fun looms ahead. Yahoo!
I marvel in awe at the gift Jesus gave us in His Blessed Mother. He had given us Himself; He had shown us the Father (“Whoever has seen Me has seen the Father” Jn.14:9); He had shown us the Holy Spirit (“But when He comes, the Spirit of truth, He will guide you into all truth” Jn. 16-13). Then, He chose the moment He was dying upon the cross to give us His Mother as our very own. “Woman, behold, your son.” Then He said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother.” And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.’ Jn. 19-26&27.
For those who don’t understand this awesome moment in Sacred Scripture, it comes across as Jesus saying to Himself, “Oops a daisy, I forgot Mom. Hey John, whew, I’m so glad you stuck around. Could you please take care of Mom for me. It looks like I’m not getting out of this!”
I truly grieve for non-Catholics and those who do not understand Jesus’ gift of His Mother to us. First of all, this moment in scripture proves to the doubtful or the misled that Jesus Christ did not have any other siblings. Mary is an eternal virgin. If indeed Jesus did have other siblings, the care of His Mother would have been their responsibility. I know it would be in my family even today. Jewish families are very strong; they would not have looked kindly on another taking over their responsibility.
Also, as Jesus is God, and He knew He was going to die, He was not absent minded. He never had an “oops! moment in his whole life”! In His Godly wisdom, He timed this moment (which would go down in history) perfectly. He wanted us to understand the importance of this action from the cross.
