COMPENDIUM SERIES
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| JESUS THE TEACHER: COMPENDIUM SERIES ICON. |
No 104 What does the hidden life of Jesus teach us? (533- 533,563)
WHAT DOES THE COMPENDIUM SAY?
Compendium states:
In the
course of His hidden life in Nazareth Jesus stayed in the silence of an
ordinary existence. This allows us to enter into fellowship with Him in the
holiness to be found of daily life marked by prayer, simplicity, work, and
family love. His obedience to Mary and
to Joseph, his foster father, is an image of His filial obedience to the Father.
Mary and Joseph accepted with faith the mystery of Jesus even though they did
not always understand.
PERSONAL RESPONSE
What does this mean for me?
- I
can offer up my ordinary existence and enter more deeply into fellowship
with Jesus.
- I
can try to use my daily life to become holy through prayer, simplicity,
work and family love.
- I
can ponder carefully the role of Mary and Joseph and like them, learn to
accept with faith the mystery of Jesus especially when I do not understand
fully.
- I
can consider carefully how Jesus showed obedience to God the Father and
imitate that obedience in my life.
Questions to consider.
1.
What impact does the hidden life of
Jesus in Nazareth have on me and how I live my life?
2.
How would I explain the hidden life of
Jesus at Nazareth and its teaching for holiness so it would have an impact on
the life of the other person to whom I am explaining it to them?
3.
What steps can I take to embrace holiness
in my life?
4. What benefit does
imitating the acceptance of Mary and Joseph of what I do not understand fully?
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