Transcript
A (0:00)
Foreign.
B (0:04)
Mark May with Franciscan Friars of the Renewal and this is the Rosary in a Year podcast where through prayer and meditation, the Rosary brings us deeper into relationship with Jesus and Mary and becomes a source of grace for the whole world. The Rosary in a Year is brought to you by Ascension. This is day 33. To download the prayer plan for Rosary in a year, visit ascensionpress.comrosaryinayear or text RIY to 33777. You'll get an outline of how we're going to pray each month and it's a great way to track your progress. The best place to listen to the Podcast in the Ascension app. There are special features built just for this podcast and also recordings of the full Rosary with myself and other friars. I encourage you to pick up a copy of the Rosary in a Year Prayer Guide, a book published by Ascension that was designed to complement this podcast. You'll find all the daily readings from Scripture, Saint reflections, and beautiful full page images of the sacred art. We'll be reflecting on the fifth Joyful Mystery, the Finding of Jesus in the temple Luke chapter 2, verses 4152 now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover when he was 12 years old. They went up according to custom, and when the feast was ended, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not know it, but supposing him to be in the company, they went a day's journey and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintances. And when they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem seeking Him. After three days they found him in the Temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers. And when they saw him, they were astonished. And his mother said to him, son, why have you treated us so? Behold, your Father and I have been looking for you anxiously. And he said to them, how is it that you sought me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house? And they did not understand the saying which he spoke to them. And he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was obedient to them. And his mother kept all these things in her heart. And Jesus increased in wisdom and in.
A (2:18)
Stature and in favor with God and man.
B (2:23)
All right, friends, a lot of beautiful details here from the outset. I'm just gonna let you know I'm primarily pulling From Pope Benedict XVI's section on this mystery that's in Jesus of Nazareth, the MC narrative. So I'm not Going to say over and over again, Pope Benedict said, but that's kind of my primary and major source for this. All right, first of all, we have the opening words. His parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the Passover. So why are they on their way to Jerusalem? Are they the only ones who are doing this? The answer is no. So every Israelite, the Jewish people, they were to visit the temple three times a year for three major feasts. Those three major feasts are the feast of Tabernacles, the feast of weeks, and what we have here, the feast of Passover. What's a little bit of a question and a debate at the time was whether or not this was an obligation just for men or men and women, whether it was obligatory or not. Mary is on the journey as a.