DAILY?READINGS: 2 Chronicles 32; Ezekiel 48; 1 John 2:12-29
Now there stood by the cross of Jesus His mother. John 19:25
When Jesus therefore saw His mother… He said to His mother, Behold your Son! John 19:26
One can only imagine the feelings of Mary as she stood vigil at the cross while her beloved Son was so cruelly treated. But what great eloquence is in her silence. Not a word does she speak, for now she understands the words that she spoke at His birth, “My spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour” (Luke 1:47). For Him to be her Saviour, He must suffer, bleed and die. Did tears run down her cheeks as she gazed on her bruised Son? Most certainly. Her Son saw those tears too and in love He said to John, “Behold thy mother” (John 19:27). —Jim Comte
Love divine, all loves excelling, joy of heaven to earth come down;
Fix in us thy humble dwelling; all thy faithful mercies crown! —C. Wesley