mother!” (John 19:26–27), and from that hour, John recounts, he took her into his own home. In something as seemingly mundane as arranging care for a parent, Jesus demonstrated that the little burdens of family matter and that they are part of a larger burden of a cross. Moreover, he was showing us that we need one another. We cannot be families if we are not disciples first. We must recognize the joys and responsibilities that come with being part of a family formed not by the blood of biology but the blood