FIFTH
JOYFUL MYSTERY: The
Finding in the Temple.
The Blessed Mother
finds Jesus in the Temple. Now his parents went to Jerusalem
every year at the feast of the passover. And when he was
twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the
custom of the feast. And when they had fulfilled the
days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in
Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it. But
they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a
day's journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk
and acquaintance. And when they found him not, they
turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him And it came
to pass, that after three days they found him in the
temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing
them, and asking them questions. And all that heard him
were astonished at his understanding and answers. And
when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said
unto him: "Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us?
behold, thy father and I have sought thee
sorrowing". And he said unto them: "How is it
that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my
Father's business?" And they understood not the
saying which he spake unto them. And he went down with
them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them:
but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart. (Luk
2,41-51)
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