Have you ever stopped to think about what a mother felt as she watched her son die\u2026 without being able to do anything?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sometimes we read about the crucifixion of Jesus with eyes of faith\u2026 but we forget to see it with human eyes. And there, in the middle of the cross, was not only the Savior of the world\u2026 there was also a mother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not as a distant biblical figure\u2026 but as a real woman, with a heart that beat, that loved, that remembered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She didn\u2019t get there by accident. She had been there from the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She was the young woman who received an impossible promise (Luke 1:30-31).
She was the one who kept everything in her heart (Luke 2:19).
She was the one who watched Him grow, play, learn, laugh\u2026 like any child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But she was also the one who heard a prophecy she surely never forgot:
\u201cAnd a sword will pierce your own soul too\u201d (Luke 2:35).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That moment\u2026 came at the cross.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mary was there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Gospel of John says it in a simple but deeply powerful way:
\u201cStanding by the cross of Jesus were His mother\u2026\u201d (John 19:25)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She was there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Watching what no mother should ever have to see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The blows.
The humiliation.
The blood.
The slow agony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And the hardest part\u2026 not being able to intervene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not being able to hold Him to stop the pain.
Not being able to defend Him.
Not being able to change anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just being there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sometimes that\u2019s what hurts the most\u2026 being present when you love deeply, but you can\u2019t do anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And even so\u2026 Mary did not leave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She didn\u2019t run like many others.
She didn\u2019t hide.
She didn\u2019t step away from the suffering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She stayed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because true love doesn\u2019t always avoid pain\u2026 but it does remain in the middle of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, if we look at the full picture of the Gospel, there\u2019s something even deeper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the middle of His agony, Jesus looked at His mother and said:
\u201cWoman, behold your son\u201d
and to the disciple:
\u201cBehold your mother\u201d (John 19:26-27)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the middle of the greatest pain\u2026 Jesus thought of her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is possible that Jesus Himself had prepared her for that moment. Maybe through everything He taught her, through everything Mary kept in her heart, there was already a peace planted\u2026 a hope that the story would not end there. Perhaps she even knew He would rise again. But even with that faith\u2026 the pain was real. Because it\u2019s one thing to know what God is going to do\u2026 and something very different to watch your son suffer and die, especially the way Jesus died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And right in the middle of that pain, Jesus did something deeply human. He didn\u2019t just think of His mother\u2026 He made sure she was cared for. When He told John, \u201cbehold your mother,\u201d He wasn\u2019t speaking in a literal sense, but giving him a real responsibility: to receive her, protect her, and care for her as if she were his own mother. It wasn\u2019t just an assignment\u2026 it was a new relationship. Jesus didn\u2019t say \u201ctake care of her,\u201d He said \u201cshe is your mother,\u201d as if He were forming a family in that very moment. And that is powerful\u2026 because even on the cross, in His darkest moment, Jesus never stopped loving, caring, and teaching what true love looks like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That reveals something beautiful:
God is not indifferent to human pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jesus was not only fulfilling an eternal purpose\u2026 He was also caring for a broken heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And this is where it becomes even more real for us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because Mary\u2019s pain was not symbolic\u2026 it was deeply human.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She didn\u2019t understand everything at that moment.
She couldn\u2019t yet see the resurrection.
She only saw her son dying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And that\u2019s how it is for us many times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are moments when we don\u2019t see the purpose.
When we don\u2019t understand what God is doing.
When we only feel the weight of the pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But the Gospel does not end at the cross.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That same pain that pierced Mary\u2019s soul\u2026 was not the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Three days later, the story changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Death did not have the final word.
The pain was not in vain.
The promise was fulfilled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And even though the Bible doesn\u2019t describe that moment in detail\u2026 we can imagine what it meant for Mary to know that her Son was alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That all that suffering\u2026 had meaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That God never lost control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let me leave you with this reflection to meditate on in your heart:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
God is not far from your pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He understands it\u2026 because He lived it up close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He saw His Son suffer\u2026 and allowed that moment for a greater purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And if He was able to transform the greatest pain in history\u2026 He can also transform yours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maybe today you are in your \u201cFriday\u201d\u2026 watching something break, be lost, or hurt deeply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But Sunday\u2026 always comes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And when it comes\u2026 everything makes sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I invite you to join me in this prayer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lord, there are moments when the pain feels too heavy\u2026 and I don\u2019t understand what You are doing. Like Mary, there are things I can only watch without being able to change them. But today I choose to trust You, even when I cannot see the end. Hold my heart in the middle of the process, and help me remember that You never lose control. Turn my pain into purpose, and my sorrow into hope. Amen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At Somos Cristianos, connecting hearts with Christ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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The Pain of Mary, the Mother of Jesus.<\/a><\/blockquote>