Well, consider this: When Christ was crucified, where was the Church? For the most part, the "Church" -- all of Jesus' select men, His right-hand men ---- had high-tailed it and headed for the tall grass. Everyone had betrayed, denied, or abandoned Jesus in His hour of need.
The church consists of believers regardless of where they are.
Th tiny remnant--- the faithful Church --- consisted of those at the foot of the Cross.
And how is this moment of attachment and fidelity pictured in the Gospel of John?
(John 19:26-28) When Jesus then saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, "Woman, behold, your son!" Then He said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother!" From that hour the disciple took her into his own household.
In that moment, Jesus gave His mother a son; and gave His Church a mother.
Good grief.....I've seen wilder projections from Obama's economists on how the economy is doing.
There is nothing in the text to indicate Jesus was giving the church to His mom. He was simply placing Mary under the care of John as He trusted John more than the rest.
The catholic idolatry of Mary seems to cloud every verse the catholic reads.
**The catholic idolatry of Mary seems to cloud every verse the catholic reads.**
Not only that, they see her clearly in grilled cheese sandwiches, salt stained viaduct supports, etc. If that ain’t programming I don’t know what is.