attentive to the childhood period, says that at Nazareth Jesus was obedient to Joseph and Mary (cf. Lk 2:51). This dependence shows us that Jesus was receptive, open to the teaching of his mother and Joseph [...] everyday life, Jesus could find in her a model to follow and imitate and an example of perfect love for God and for his brothers and sisters. Along with Mary's motherly presence, Jesus could count on the [...] form of sin in Jesus demanded a constantly positive orientation from Mary, which excluded any form of corrective intervention. Furthermore, although it was his mother who introduced Jesus to the culture
is not called "Mary" but "the mother of Jesus"; then Jesus calls her "Woman" (just as he did on the Cross); and then once again, John calls her "the mother of Jesus." Mary's mediation is a maternal mediation [...] mediation consists in speaking to Jesus on behalf of others: "They have no wine." Then she tells the servants in the name of Jesus: "Do whatever he tells you." Jesus asks the servants to fill 6 jars with [...] Torah revealed by the Messiah. We invite you to read the other articles on biblical commentaries. Jesus returned to Cana to do another miracle, the healing of the servant of a Roman centurion (Jn 4: 46-54)
simply says this to Jesus. She doesn't ask for anything specific, much less that Jesus exercise his power, perform a miracle, produce wine. She simply hands the matter over to Jesus and leaves it to him [...] this dialogue with Jesus, we actually see her as a Mother who asks, one who intercedes. As we listen to this Gospel passage, it is worth going a little deeper, not only to understand Jesus and Mary better [...] if this is how we speak to Jesus, then we are already well along the way towards understanding his answer. Because all this should remind us that at the incarnation of Jesus two dialogues took place; the
where they have put him.' As she said this she turned round and saw Jesus standing there, though she did not realise that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, 'Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for [...] you have put him, and I will go and remove him.' Jesus said, 'Mary!' She turned round then and said to him in Hebrew, 'Rabbuni!'-which means Master. Jesus said to her, 'Do not cling to me, because I have [...] been moved away from the tomb and came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. 'They have taken the Lord out of the tomb,' she said, 'and we don't know where they have put
The mother of Jesus was there, and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited. And they ran out of wine, since the wine provided for the feast had all been used, and the mother of Jesus said to him, [...] 'They have no wine.' Jesus said, 'Woman, what do you want from me? My hour has not come yet.' His mother said to the servants, 'Do whatever he tells you.' There were six stone water jars standing there [...] meant for the ablutions that are customary among the Jews: each could hold twenty or thirty gallons. Jesus said to the servants, 'Fill the jars with water,' and they filled them to the brim. Then he said to
Christ’s life, principally relating to his childhood: And Jesus increased in wisdom, in stature, and in favor with God and with people. (Luke 2: 52). Jesus therefore enjoyed a loving childhood with Mary and Joseph [...] message of divine mission - Jesus led with his family the life of a pious and hard-working Jewish family at Nazareth in Galilee. The son of a carpenter, trained by his father, Jesus practiced Himself this craft [...] Through the Gospel, we only know very little of what is referred to as the “hidden life” of Jesus in Nazareth, a period of about thirty of the thirty-three years of the Savior of humanity’s life on earth
certainly spoke about the Messianic mission of Jesus, about the work of Salvation in which they each had a predestined role. As the years went by, Jesus must have unveiled to them the real dimension of [...] entering in the game of the hiding God, to be answerable for his child Jesus. For it was not a mince feat to be able to discuss Jesus or the popular expectation of the universal Messiah, without people [...] It seems to me that Jesus, Mary and Joseph spoke between themselves - and quite a lot probably - but what about? In my opinion their conversations must have centered on the only topic that really interested
Bethlehem in Judea: where Jesus, the King of all Creation was born in a stable grotto, - Cana in Galilee (or Kefr Kenna): where Jesus Our Savior began His public life at a wedding. Jesus miraculously changed [...] received the Archangel of the Annunciation and where Jesus lived for the first thirty years of His life as a member of the Holy Family (i.e. Mary, Joseph, Jesus), - Aïn Karim of Judea: where the Visitation to [...] he tells you to do"... - Jerusalem of Judea: where the Virgin was present at the Crucifixion of Jesus at the Golgotha, followed by His burial in the Tomb, before seeing the Risen One in the Cenacle; where
: Infancy of Jesus in Nazareth until his return to the Temple From +10 to +17: Hidden life of Jesus, Mary and Joseph in Nazareth From +17 to +24: Death of Joseph and life alone with Jesus 24 to 30: Departure [...] periods, two of which correspond to the childhood of Jesus (born in 4 BC), first in Egypt, then in Nazareth, until his Bar Mitzvah and recovery of Jesus in the Temple, then three seven-year periods of hidden [...] after his death, the last half-seven-year period corresponding to the three and a half years of Jesus' public life. The last three seven years Between the year 30 and 15 August 51, the date of Mary's
the tree of life is Jesus himself. Saint Louis Marie de Montfort used the image of the tree of life: for him Mary is the tree of life planted by the Holy Spirit, whose fruit is Jesus. Therefore we must [...] venerates Mary as "the mother of Jesus" (Jn 2), "The Woman" (Jn 2, Jn 19), i.e. the wife of the Covenant, and "the mother of the disciple," according to the revelation of Jesus on Calvary (Jn 19, 25-27). Saint [...] must cultivate the tree to obtain the fruit, who is Jesus. To cultivate the tree means to live with Mary, to keep her company, to imitate her faith and her virtues (SM 67-78). Saint Luke and the Incarnation
