The Boy Jesus in the Temple

Today's Reflections

                                                  

 

     

The Boy Jesus in the Temple 

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Lk 2:41-51

⁴¹Each year [Jesus’] parents went to Jerusalem for the feast of Passover, ⁴²and when he was twelve years old, they went up according to festival custom. ⁴³After they had completed its days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, but his parents did not know it. ⁴⁴Thinking that he was in the caravan, they journeyed for a day and looked for him among their relatives and acquaintances, ⁴⁵but not finding him, they returned to Jerusalem to look for him. ⁴⁶After three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions, ⁴⁷and all who heard him were astounded at his understanding and his answers. ⁴⁸When 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.” ⁴⁹And he said to them, “Why were you looking 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. ⁵¹He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them; and his mother kept all these things in her heart.

Reflection:

His mother kept all these things in her heart. These words reveal to us what fills the heart of Mary: Jesus, his words, and his deeds. There is a Filipino song where the lover says to his beloved, “Kung nais mong matanto, buksan ang aking puso, at tanging larawan mo doon ay nakatago” (If you want to realize how true my love is, open my heart, and you will see that hidden there is your picture only). An English song also says, “You are always in my heart…” Jesus, only Jesus, always Jesus is what Mary keeps in her heart. That is why we can consider her heart as the first repository of the Good News.

Is Jesus and the mysteries of his words, actions, life, death, and resurrection also the treasure that fills our hearts? 

Do we often ponder in our hearts Jesus?

What do you treasure most in life?

How do you hold on to it?