Alone among the evangelists, it is John who informs us that "standing by the cross of Jesus were ... disciple who stood beside her at the cross, the hymn addresses Mary as "mother." ...

Jesus has fallen that we might get up: once and for all. No sooner has Jesus risen from his first fall than he meets his Blessed Mother ... the cross, engulfed in grief. And John is beside ...

it is said that one disciple stood beside Jesus’ mother at the foot of the cross. When he saw that they were present during his final moments, Jesus spoke to the disciple, giving him leave to ...

During Lent, the image of Mary at the foot of the cross is ubiquitous in devotional ... s Passion (Jn 19:25-27): Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife ...

Edwina Sandys, 1975, now in the Cathedral of St John of the Divine, NYC Images of women on the cross ... When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing beside her, he said ...