Gospel: Luke 2:41-51
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.
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Reflection:
Have we experienced the feeling of fear and uncertainty?
Everyone of us perhaps has already experienced the feeling of fear and
uncertainty. For example when a love one is brought to the hospital for an
emergency; we feel fear and uncertainty of what may happen next. Amidst the
anxiety and fear who gives us the confidence to calm down? it’s none other than
God, we go to HIM in deep prayer.
When Saint Joseph and the Blessed Mother discovered that the child Jesus
was not with them they must have felt fear and anxiety also. But in the middle
of their feeling of fear and anxiety they remained peaceful for both of them
were faithful worshippers of God. They knew perhaps that somehow they would
soon find Jesus safe and sound. And so they went back to look for Jesus and
they found HIM in the temple interacting with the Judaic teachers.
Today is the memorial of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
We remember her heart that is overflowing with love for her child and her
spouse. Her Immaculate Heart that is overflowing with Humility and surrender to
the will of God.
Let us pray that our hearts may be like the heart of the Blessed Mother.
A heart that is overflowing with humility and trust in God. A heart that is
ever willing to embrace suffering a heart that is deeply rooted in faith and
love for God. And a heart that is immaculately clean for it doesn't keep a record
of wrong and hatred. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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