Immaculate Heart of Mary, Saturday – 25th June 2022 — Gospel: Lk 2,41-51
Pondering with Struggles
The incident of the boy Jesus being left behind in the temple brings out for the second time Luke’s presentation of Mary “treasuring all these things in her heart” (2,19.51). This is another piece of awestricken puzzling mother who continues to wonder, “Who is this unique Son of Mine?” In the first reference made after her son’s birth, she did experience many things of her child as truly of God. From before pregnancy till the visit of the shepherds with an amazing story of angels, so much had happened and she was at the very center of it all. In fact, Mary was tired, weary and exhausted as a person to experience hardships in long trip, birth at stable, that no one could know the thoughts, emotions and experiences that filled her mind for nine months. At the same time, her wonder, amazement, and astounding reality was too much to talk about. She said nothing, only pondered in her heart what was happening.
