In this talk—Part 1 of a special two-part Lighthouse Talks presentation—Augustine Institute

professor Dr. Ben Akers gives a meditative, Scriptural reflection on keeping vigil at the foot of the

cross with Jesus' mother Mary. Dr. Akers explains the deeper meaning behind Jesus' confusing

address of Mary as “Woman,” and illuminates the connections and foreshadowing between the

biblical stories of Creation, the Wedding at Cana, and the Crucifixion. We learn profoundly, as

Dr. Akers explains, that “everything Mary does points us to her Son."