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

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[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