Questioning doctors is enshrined in our faith. Go and do likewise.
Christ disputing with the doctors, 1630 #baroque #rembrandt https://t.co/yi9TpZA2GS pic.twitter.com/KR1sISaqof
— Rembrandt (@artistrembrandt) November 8, 2022
Read this, please.
However, after a day’s journey they looked for him among the group – only to discover he was not there. A frantic search then began and they returned in panic to Jerusalem. As St Luke tells us: “After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.” (Luke 2:46).
When his mother asked Jesus why he had behaved that way, upsetting both her and St Joseph, he responded: “Why were you searching for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?” (2:49) These are the first recorded words of Christ. His answer reveals both his sense of duty to God and his close relationship with his Heavenly Father.
Further, Pope St John Paul II once reflected on the hidden message of this event, which took place immediately after the Passover. He said: “Through this episode, Jesus prepares his Mother for the mystery of the Redemption. During those three dramatic days when the Son withdraws from them to stay in the temple, Mary and Joseph experience an anticipation of the triduum [three-day period] of his Passion, Death and Resurrection.”
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