Tag: Finding in the Temple

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The Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Photo of snail and white bleeding hearts with text overlay of the couplet, "Finding Jesus in the Father's heart, Mary kept him in her mother's heart."
“And his mother kept all these things in her heart”
A reflection on Luke 2:49-51
Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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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.… Read the rest

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Groping Towards the Light

Duccio, Disputation with the Doctors (1308-1311)

Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Luke 2:41-51

The hidden years at Nazareth are shrouded in mystery. To what extent did Mary and Joseph realize that their son was divine? Luke’s Gospel tells us that when the boy was found in the temple after being missing for three days, “they did not understand what he said to them.”… Read the rest