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God bless.

The Lord be with you.

And you're reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke.

Glory to you, Lord.

Chapter 2 verses 41 through 52.

Each year, Jesus' parents went to Jerusalem for the Feast of Passover, and when he was

12 years old, they went up according to Festival Customs.

After they had completed its days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus

remained behind in Jerusalem,

but his parents did not know it. Thinking that he was in the caravan, they journeyed for a day

and looking for him among their relatives and acquaintances, but not finding him. They

returned to Jerusalem to look for him. After three days they found him in the temple,

sitting in the midst of the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. And all who heard him were astounded at his understanding and his answers. When his

parents saw him, they were astonished. And his mother said to him, son, why have you done this to us?

Your father and I have been looking for you with great anxiety. And he said to them, why were you looking for me?

Did you not know that I must be in my father's house?

But they did not understand what he said to them.

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