Betrayed by one disciple, denied by another, forsaken by all, Jesus meets with his mother. She now understands that the times predicted by Simeon are here. Her Son is inviting her to partake into the bitterness of his fate. O Mary, mother of the Seven Sorrows obtain for us: both this ardent compassion with which you accompanied Jesus, and the patience that you have taught us at the foot of the Cross.

 

"And Jesus, seeing his mother there, and the disciple, too, whom he loved, standing by, said to his mother, Woman, this is thy son. Then he said to the disciple, This is thy mother. And from that hour the disciple took her into his own keeping." 

John 19, 26..

Silent CANON

3 parts of CHURCH

MILITANT (...in premis)

SUFFERING (Mememto)

GLORIOUS (Communicantes)