Welcome to Day 3
It is good to enter into the time of meditative prayer with a spirit of quiet and relaxation. Let the mystery of God be near you, and let yourself be open to God’s gift of the Spirit.
OT Psalm 119:97-100 Appreciating God’s precepts
NT Luke 2:41-52 The boy Jesus teaching in the Temple
Introduction
GUIDE
Presence: Take two deep cleansing breaths, remembering that God is the giver of life. “Here I am God. Thank you for your presence.”
Read Luke 2: 41-50, once quietly and once aloud.
Gospel Contemplation: Enter the Scripture with all of your senses. What do you see, hear, feel, smell, or taste? Do you see Jesus, preaching at the temple? How will you make a connection with Jesus?
NT Luke 2:41-52
Every year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the Festival of the Passover. When he was twelve years old, they went up to the festival, according to the custom. After the festival was over, while his parents were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but they were unaware of it. Thinking he was in their company, they traveled on for a day. Then they began looking for him among their relatives and friends. When they did not find him, they went back to Jerusalem to look for him. After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers. When his parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been anxiously searching for you.”
“Why were you searching for me?” he asked. “Didn’t you know I had to be in my Father’s house?” But they did not understand what he was saying to them.
What is God’s invitation to you? What does God want you to know, understand, believe, or to do, through this meditation?
Journal your prayer and experience of this time.