"journeying faith"

[MariaChristi]

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Yesterday, I finished re-reading Pope Benedict’s book, Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives. There are so many beautiful insights which he shares, that I decided to take notes during my second reading and share some of them. Today, I want to share this excerpt, the Pope commenting on the Gospel of Luke, the Finding of Jesus in the Temple:

Even Mary’s faith is a journeying faith, a faith that is repeatedly shrouded in darkness and has to mature by persevering through darkness. Mary does not understand Jesus’ saying, but she keeps it in her heart and allows it to come to maturity there.

As we come to the close of our Christmas season this Sunday, may we continue to keep all that we have heard during the liturgical seasons of Advent and Christmas and Epiphany, and all we will hear in our hearts this 2013. Like Mary, may we too experience that “journeying faith” during this Year of Faith.