Because we cannot have our traditional Tre Ore service this year, we are sharing some highlights from past years. Our preacher for the Third Word is Deacon Owen Cummings, speaking at St. James Cathedral in 2015. Copyright (c) Deacon Owen Cummings, 2015. This talk was later published in the book "The Dying of Jesus."

The third word is taken from the Gospel according to John

Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold your Son.” Then he said to the disciple, “Behold your mother.” And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.