The Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
Jesus Found in the Temple, James Tissot, 1886-1894,
Brooklyn Museum. [PD-US]
Each year Jesus’ parents
went to Jerusalem for the feast
of Passover,
and when he was twelve years old,
they went up according to festival custom.
After they had completed its days, as they were
returning,
the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem,
but his parents did not know it.
Thinking that he was in the caravan,
they journeyed for a day
and looked for him among their relatives and
acquaintances,
but not finding him,
they returned to Jerusalem to look for him.
After three days they found him in the temple,
sitting in the midst of the teachers,
listening to them and asking them questions,
and all who heard him were astounded
at his understanding and his answers.
When his parents saw him,
they were astonished,
and his mother said to him,
“Son, why have you done this to us?
Your father and I have been looking for you with
great anxiety.”
And he said to them,
“Why were you looking for me?
Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s
house?”
But they did not understand what he said to them.
He went down with them and came to Nazareth,
and was obedient to them;
and his mother kept all these things in her heart.
And Jesus advanced in wisdom and age and favor
before God and man.
Luke 2:41-52
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Doing His Father's business... oh my word, those words from an adolescent who understands a purpose others don't recognize... but He did. Isn't that amazing????
ReplyDeleteDebby, Merry Christmas to you! And thank you for this!