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9   Mary Searches for
     her son Jesus in
    Jerusalem


    Jesus visits the elders
     in the
Temple


How dear to me is your dwelling, O Lord of hosts!  My soul has a desire and longing for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God.   Psalm 84:1

 

Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the Passover.  And when he was twelve 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.      Luke 2:41-50


Caper

Laetatus sum  Psalm 122 (opposite column)

Our father …

 

Almighty God, you have given your only-begotten Son to take our nature upon him, and to be born of a pure virgin: Grant that we, who have been born again and made your children by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by your Holy Spirit; through our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom with you and the same Spirit be honor and glory, now and for ever.  Amen.  (BCP collect for Christmas Day)


Christ Among the Doctors, Giotto, 1304-6

Laetatus sum    Psalm 122

 

I was glad when they said to me,

“Let us go to the house of the Lord.”

 Now our feet are standing

within your gates, O Jerusalem.

Jerusalem is built as a city

that is at unity with itself;

To which the tribes go up,

the tribes of the Lord,

the assembly of Israel,

to praise the Name of the Lord.

For there are the thrones of judgment,

the thrones of the house of David.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:

“May they prosper who love you.

 Peace be within your walls

and quietness within your towers.

for my brethren and companions’ sake,

I pray for your prosperity.

Because of the house of the Lord our God,

I will seek to do you good.”

Continue to next meditation
The Wedding at Cana


NOTES: Bird:  sparrow  (for psalm 84) Plant:  capers (grow in the wall of present 2nd temple “wailing wall” But also a pun in English language to the “caper” of Jesus’ escapade.  Symbol:  Gate?  Beautiful Gate or other Temple Gate … Mary = the Gate

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