 It's a reminder for us that our lady is our mother. Our lady has been given to us and we to her. But imagine what it's like as a mother being there at the foot of the cross. See depictions of our lady embracing his feet, his bloody, wounded, swollen, emaciated feet. And you hear him say, my God, my God, why has thou forsaken me? How do you hear that as a mother of your own child?