Friday, September 20, 2019

FIFTH JOYFUL MYSTERY



FIFTH JOYFUL MYSTERY[1]

It did not seem like joy:
Thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.
There seemed no safety even in the finding:
How is it that you sought me?
His words projected further fear of loss:
I must be about my Father’s business.[2]
But yes!
Coming one day’s journey without Him,
seeking Him at night
in confusion of flaring torches,
quick return on tired feet,
the mystifying answers –
all, all were compensated
when He went down with them
and came to Nazareth
and was subject to them
all those joyous eighteen years.

Sister M Marguerite RSM
Sentinel of the Blessed Sacrament.  September 1957



[1] A reference to the five joyful mysteries of the Rosary, the fifth of which is: the finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple.
[2] Luke II:48

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