As she stood there taking her part, how her heart was enlarging! He was dying for the whole world--for the whole human race, past, present, and future--and she was His Mother; she was standing by and assisting; all His interests were hers. She had seen the conversions worked by Him on the Way of the Cross; she had seen the change in the dying thief; now JESUS addressed Himself to her, and by His Third Word from the Cross made her the Second Eve, the Mother of all living--of all for whom He was dying. "Woman, behold thy son!" Again He used the official title--_Woman_; He was not treating her now as _His_ Mother, but rather as the Mother of all. Behold thy son; take John for thy son, and with him take the whole human race. He counted on her power of suffering, and it was through that suffering that she became the universal Mother. He knew how the sword would stab when she heard that she was to take John in His place, but He knew also that the wound made by that sword-thrust would enlarge her heart to take in her new family. He was dying, and His legacy to His Mother was the whole human race. The idea was not a new one to her, for He had been gradually training her up to it, as we have seen, ever since the Incarnation. He added another word to make all sure. He spoke now to John as the representative of the human race: "Behold thy Mother!" The immediate meaning of His words John very well understood--that he was to cherish, support, and take care of her; be a son to her now that her own Son was being taken from her. But He had an intention in that word for each one of us. To each and all He said: "_Behold Thy Mother!_" and from that moment all who will, have the right to take her to their own.