Our holy mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary holding the infant Jesus.

When he was about to die on the Cross Jesus gave Our Lady to St John as his mother. The tradition of the Church has always seen in St John the whole Church, and indeed all mankind. In this meditation we consider:

• How Mary is truly our mother
• How Our Lady’s suffering at the Cross binds her more tightly to all her children
• How Mary began to exercise her motherly role in the early Church
• How Our Lady spoke to St Juan Diego at Guadalupe as a mother
• How Mary continues to intercede powerfully for us in heaven as she did at Cana
• How we can take Our Lady into our own keeping, as St John did