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Home Luke 2:41-51 NRSVue

Luke 2:41-51 NRSVue

41Now every year his parents went to Jerusalem for the festival of the Passover. 42And when he was twelve years old, they went up as usual for the festival. 43When the festival was ended and they started to return, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but his parents were unaware of this. 44Assuming that he was in the group of travelers, they went a day’s journey. Then they started to look for him among their relatives and friends. 45When they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem to search for him. 46After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. 47And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers. 48When his parents saw him they were astonished, and his mother said to him, “Child, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been anxiously looking for you.” 49He said to them, “Why were you searching for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?”, 50But they did not understand what he said to them. 51Then he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was obedient to them, and his mother treasured all these things in her heart.

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Reflection on Luke 2:41-51

Inspiration from 2024-06-08 Daily Prayer

This feast is a parallel of yesterday, recalling Mary dedicating her life in love. Loving hearts are entwined in our salvation story as Mary made herself available for what God wanted. Her heart was pierced to see Jesus suffering. May we draw strength from her in serving her Son.

When Mary and Joseph were returning to Nazareth from Jerusalem, after celebrating the Passover, they realised Jesus wasn’t with them. They searched desperately for him until they found him. Do we have that same hunger for Jesus, and love for him, so that we search for him, until we find him? It is through Jesus that we come to know the Father, and will one day dwell with him in the Father’s house – Heaven.