# Memorial of Mary, Mother of the Church - John 19: 25-34 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/daily-gospel-exegesis-774948/memorial-of-mary-mother-of-the-church-john-19-25-34 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/daily-gospel-exegesis-774948/memorial-of-mary-mother-of-the-church-john-19-25-34.md Podcast: [Daily Gospel Exegesis](https://stenobird.com/podcast/daily-gospel-exegesis-774948) Published: 2026-05-24T18:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daily-gospel-exegesis/episodes/Memorial-of-Mary--Mother-of-the-Church---John-19-25-34-e1dh9lc Audio file: https://anchor.fm/s/1025ef1c/podcast/play/46752876/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-5-7%2F556796a9-17b4-7ec9-955a-b6736644f33b.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/daily-gospel-exegesis-774948/episodes/memorial-of-mary-mother-of-the-church-john-19-25-34 Duration seconds: 2584 ## Resource To support the ministry and access exclusive content, go to: ⁠⁠⁠http://patreon.com/logicalbiblestudy⁠⁠⁠ For complete verse-by-verse audio commentaries from Logical Bible Study, go to: ⁠⁠⁠https://mysoundwise.com/publishers/1677296682850p John 19: 25-34 - 'Behold your Son. Behold your Mother.' Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs: - 544 (in 'The Proclamation of the Kingdom of God') - Jesus shares the life of the poor, from the cradle to the cross; he experiences hunger, thirst and privation (abbreviated). - 607 (in 'Christ's whole life is an offering to the Father') - From the cross, just before "It is finished", he said, "I thirst." (abbreviated). - 2561 (in 'What is Prayer?') - Prayer is the response of faith to the free promise of salvation and also a response of love to the thirst of the only Son of God (abbreviated). - 2605 (in 'Jesus Prays') - When the hour had come for him to fulfill the Father's plan of love, Jesus allows a glimpse of the boundless depth of his filial prayer, not only before he freely delivered himself up (“Abba . . . not my will, but yours."), but even in his last words on the Cross, where prayer and the gift of self are but one: "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do", "Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise", "Woman, behold your son" - "Behold your mother", "I thirst."; "My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?" "It is finished"; "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!" until the "loud cry" as he expires, giving up his spirit. - 624 (in 'Jesus Christ was Buried') - "By the grace of God" Jesus tasted death "for every one". In his plan of salvation, God ordained that his Son should not only "die for our sins" but should also "taste death", experience the condition of death, the separation of his so… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/daily-gospel-exegesis-774948/episodes/memorial-of-mary-mother-of-the-church-john-19-25-34/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/daily-gospel-exegesis-774948/memorial-of-mary-mother-of-the-church-john-19-25-34.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.