Today's Gospel brings to us a particular character and especially for the whole Universal Church. This character is Joseph the step father of our Lord Jesus. Saint Joseph was declared to be patron Saint of the Church and also of patron of the good death, but our focus today is not about Joseph, it is about Jesus and his answer to his parents, who were looking for him. Have you ever experience that sensation of losing someone under your care? Like a youngest brother or sister or maybe someone else? I have had that experience and it is horrible, your mind flows and you start thinking in different consequences about your lost, and even more painful if you are one of the parents of that missing person normally a child. But guess what, 2000 thousands years ago was the same for Mary and Joseph who were looking for their son.
The Gospel does not tell us if they were worry, but it tells us that they were looking for him insistenly among their relatives and acquaintances. Any guessing about what were Mary and Joseph thinking? I think they were afraid to lose the Son of God, especially Mary, but after a while this fear turned in another direction when they found Jesus at the temple. And of course as good parents Mary and Joseph asked him why he has done that to them? And Jesus as a wise boy answered with something very powerful and different to them. Jesus did not answer their question. He asked them with another question WHY WERE YOU LOOKING FOR ME? So what this passage tells us today? Are you looking for Jesus? if you do so, WHY are you looking for him? What do you want to find in him? is is this lent the time for looking for Jesus? or maybe should we wait another lent? Think carefully about what is the motive to drive you near to him? because one day Jesus is going to ask YOU why were you looking for me? And what will be your answer?
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