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Station 11. Jesus Speaks to His Mother and the Beloved Disciple

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James Jacques Tissot (French painter and illustrator, 1836-1902), "The Sorrowful Mother (Mater Dolorosa)" (1884-1896), Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, 32.7 x 23 cm, Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY.		 John 19:25-27 (NIV)

"25 Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, 'Dear woman, here is your son,' 27 and to the disciple, 'Here is your mother.' From that time on, this disciple took her into his home."

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