Today’s Reflection
Gospel: Lk 2:41-51
June 25, 2022 | Saturday

Today’s Gospel

Every year, the parents of Jesus went to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover, as was customary. And when Jesus was twelve years old, he went up with them, according to the custom of this feast. After the festival was over, they returned, but the boy Jesus remained in Jerusalem; and his parents did not know it.

They assumed that he was in their group of travelers, and, after walking the whole day, they looked for him among their relatives and friends. As they did not find him, they went back to Jerusalem, searching for him; and, on the third day, they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking questions. And all the people were amazed at his understanding and his answers.

His parents were very surprised when they saw him; and his mother said to him, “Son, why have you done this to us? Your father and I were very worried while searching for you.” Then 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 this answer.

Jesus went down with them, returning to Nazareth, and he continued to be obedient to them. As for his mother, she kept all these things in her heart.

Today’s Reflection:

Today, we witness Mary’s love for Jesus in looking for him. Together with Joseph, she searched for Jesus everywhere for three days. Not only that but she also got confused with the answer of Jesus when he said, “Why were you looking for me? Do you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?” Maybe in those times, Mary was completely worried. She was in pain from losing her son and she was also confused with the situation and with the answer of her son. However, despite these feelings of great confusion, what did Mary do? She decided to keep these feelings of doubt and worry in her heart. Like Mary, all of us experience our own struggles in understanding who Jesus is in our lives. Our Gospel reminds us to keep these things in our hearts. We must learn to put all these worries in prayer and allow God to work in our lives and trust Him. /Vulnerasti, 2022