'Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?' Sunday Reflections, The Holy Family, Year C
The Holy Family Heinrich Meyring [ Web Gallery of Art ] Readings (Jerusalem Bible: Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan,) Readings (English Standard Version, Catholic Edition: England & Wales, India, Scotland) Readings (New American Bible: Philippines, USA) Gospel Luke 2:41-52 (English Standard Version, Anglicised) The parents of Jesus 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 group they went a day's journey, but then they began to search for him among their relatives and acquaintances, and when they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem, searching for him. After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among...