Meanwhile, standing near the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing beside her, he said to his mother, "Woman, here is your son." Then he said to the disciple, "Here is your mother." And from that hour the disciple took her into his own home. John 19:25b-27

On the eighth day after his birth, Jesus was presented at the temple by Joseph and Mary. While Joseph, Mary, and the infant Jesus were in the temple, a man by the name of Simeon came into the temple. He saw Jesus in Mary’s arms. He walked over and took the infant Jesus out of his mother’s arms. Old Simeon, with the baby Jesus in his arms, praised God, and then, he blessed the couple as well as the baby. He sa…