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We, like Mary, can keep all these things in our hearts. Reborn as children of God, we can ponder the wisdom and grace of the eternal Word and Teacher, "who humbled himself to share in our humanity" (Roman Missal).

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But what awe he must have felt to have authority over the teenaged Son of God! The Virgin *kept all these things in her heart*... she lived, and at such a depth that no human eye can follow her" (Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity). (9/12)

Having shown his obedience to the Father, Jesus now mirrors that obedience in his human family. In God’s providence great saints have often obeyed flawed or mediocre leaders. Saint Joseph was not mediocre: he was truly a righteous man. (8/12)

This truth, the human obedience of the Incarnate Lord, is so great and so hidden that only he can reveal it to us. As the Catechism explains: “Here Jesus lets us catch a glimpse of the mystery of his total consecration to a mission that flows from his divine sonship” (CCC 534). (7/12)

Our Lord’s ultimate answer, his greatest moment, will come when he is lifted up on the cross. As Saint Augustine writes, it is “as if that tree to which the limbs of the Dying One were affixed were the very chair of office (cathedra) from which the Master was imparting instruction.” (6/12)

And then you too should seek Jesus in the temple of God. Seek him in the Church" (Origen). ... If we lose sight of Jesus, we must always return to where we know we will find him: the Church and her sacraments. (5/12)

Jesus could not be found outside of the Temple. He refers to his body as a temple (Jn 2:19-21), and so the finding of Jesus in the physical Temple points to finding him in his Mystical Body, the Church. (4/12)

The veil of the Temple, where the Christ Child once tarried and taught, would be torn open when he died and commended his spirit into the Father’s hands. And, after three days, the Son would again be found among the living. (3/12)

This obedience will reach its fullness at another Passover, after another journey to Jerusalem. Years later, Jesus would again be "lost" to the world for three days. (2/12)