At the very climax of His Passion, as Jesus hung upon the Cross, He chose His final earthly moments to entrust us with one of His greatest gifts: His Mother. In John 19:26–27, we read, “When Jesus 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.’” In that moment, John represented not only himself, but all of us. Christ gave Mary to the Church as our Mother. As Fr. Chris Alar explai

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Becoming Saints of Prayer and Service: The Example of St. Martin of Tours In this week’s episode of Living Divine Mercy, Fr. Matthew Tomeny shares the powerful story of St. Martin of Tours — a soldier who became a bishop and a true model of mercy. Known for giving half his cloak to a freezing beggar — only to find that the beggar was Christ Himself — St. Martin shows us that holiness is found in both action and contemplation. Fr. Matt reflects on how St. Martin’s life teaches us to unite corpora