Holy Mary, was and still is a Mother and we know that she had at least one of “those days”
“The finding of our Lord in the Temple…”
Luke 2:41-52:
Every year his parents went to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover. When he was twelve years old, they went up to the Feast, according to the custom. After the Feast was over, while his parents were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but they were unaware of it. Thinking he was in their company, they traveled on for a day. Then they began looking for him among their relatives and friends. When they did not find him, they went back to Jerusalem to look for him. After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers. When his parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us like this?** Your father and I **have been **anxiously searching **for you.”
“Why were you searching for me?” he asked. “Didn’t you know I had to be in my Father’s house?” But they did not understand what he was saying to them.
Then he went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But his mother treasured all these things in her heart. And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.
One of our little ones wandered off in a store… I thought my Wife had him, she thought I had him, Grandma thought one of us had him… talk about a bit of panic and ALOT OF PRAYER!
Just because our Holy Mother was without sin doesn’t mean that life didn’t toss her a curve-ball every now and then - both She and St Joe just handled it a lot better than I, and I suspect many other parents, could!
May the Holy Family Pray for our families
