Before he died on the Cross, Jesus said to St John and to all of us: “Behold your Mother.” Mary is truly the mother of everyone. In this meditation we use texts of Scripture, St Bernard and St Josemaria to consider how:

• In conceiving Jesus in her womb, and later giving birth to him in Bethlehem, Mary became the mother of all the members of Christ’s Mystical Body, the Church
• At Calvary Mary suffered unspeakably with Jesus for all mankind and this moves her to love us all the more
• Mary draws sinners to Jesus
• Mary exercises her motherly role with the apostles and with all of us
• Mary intercedes for us before Jesus in a powerful way
• We can take Mary into our own keeping and love her, as St John did, through the various Marian prayers and customs, especially the rosary