00:28Presentation of Jesus in the
00:29Temple. Our author wants to present Jesus' family as Jews faithful to the
00:37traditions of their people, religious people who comply with the mandates of the Lord's law.
00:45Through circumcision, a boy becomes part of God's chosen people, he becomes worthy of
00:53the divine promises and commits to being faithful to his God. In that event, it was also imposed
01:02The boy is given the name chosen by his family. In this case, it is the name of Jesus, the one that had
01:10indicated to Mary, the angel, at the annunciation. In the following section, Luke, unaware of the
01:20Jewish traditions, blends different laws and unifies them into a single narrative. Luke states that
01:28Both Joseph and Mary went to purify themselves. However, childbirth was the event that made a
01:37The woman was considered impure and it was she alone who had to purify herself according to the laws.
01:45From this same purification rite, the woman was required to offer, after 40 days, a lamb in
01:55a holocaust and a young pigeon or a turtledove as a sin offering. Or else, he had the financial means to
02:05Therefore, he could offer two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one as a burnt offering and the other as a sacrifice.
02:12sacrifice for sin. Furthermore, he neglects to mention the redemption of the firstborn through the payment of five
02:21cycles to the sanctuary. But Luke's intention is clear: to show that the Lord has entered
02:32in their temple. And Simeon and Anna, two elderly people who live in harmony, are reliable witnesses to this.
02:42with divine law and who, motivated by the Holy Spirit, declare what God has revealed to them.
02:51Simeon's hymn, called Nuctimitis, again deals with the themes of salvation and peace,
03:00These are directed, first and foremost, to Israel, the people of God, but are open to
03:09Everyone who decides in favor of Jesus. Mary also has to be attentive to the will of
03:16God in Jesus, because that is what will decide the final destiny of mankind. Ana cannot stop
03:25to speak of the things God communicates to him that fulfill his hopes. Jesus among the doctors
03:34and his hidden life in Nazareth. Luke offers us two passages that tell us about the life of Jesus subject to
03:43to
03:43His parents. No one else but them and God in the midst of such a holy family. But between these two passages we
03:52It narrates an event in the life of Jesus at the age of 12, an age at which Jewish children
03:59they become
04:00in adults. Their parents go every year to the pilgrimage festival for Easter. They go from
04:09Nazareth, so they travel in caravans for safety and as a means of living on the pilgrimage,
04:16the feast they are already celebrating. Jesus stays in the temple without his parents' knowledge. When
04:26The gathering of family and friends takes place in the afternoon, as it is getting dark; they discover that Jesus is not
04:34He is found among family or friends and they return to Jerusalem, where they find him arguing with
04:41The scribes, whom Luke calls teachers or doctors of the law. Mary does not understand the reasons
04:49Jesus tells him that his only father is God and as his son he must be under his authority.
04:57shelter and
04:58Be careful. And for that, there is no better place than the temple in the holy city. Luke concludes this section
05:07noticing that Jesus lives like any young man his age, listening, obeying, and working alongside his
05:16parents. Maria, for her part, continues to delve deeper into the events she is experiencing that are preparing her to be parents.
05:26the model disciple of the Christian. Jesus, on the other hand, continues to mature in his relationship with God, in the
05:34fidelity and trust. The Gospels, despite having a biographical motivation about Jesus,
05:44To be able to answer the question of who he is for the Christian, they do not follow a biographical order in
05:53his
05:53presentation. Now, it is important to make a note about the biographical nature of the
06:01Gospels. This note is offered to us again by Father John Paul Meyer, who affirms that the Gospel,
06:09As a literary genre, it is a narrative of the words and deeds of Jesus of Nazareth, which necessarily culminates
06:17with the narration of his death and resurrection, something we had not noted previously, when
06:26We were looking at Matthew and Mark. As we already indicated, the evangelists do not offer us a biographical order of
06:35his works, in such a way that there is no before and after between one event and another, but
06:44a
06:45a theological ordering. This, brothers, explains why Luke leaves behind in the hidden that which
06:53Only God can see and know the life of Jesus and John the Baptist during their adolescence, youth, and
07:03years of young adulthood. But, brothers, what is the reason for such indifference? Above all, conviction
07:12It is stated that the adult man is the product of his life within the family. The man
07:20is
07:21that which has been forged in family history and in their communication with God, in such a way that the
07:28Jesus, exceptional as an adult, must have been an exceptional Jesus as a child, adolescent, and young man. The same applies.
07:37We can say this about the Baptist. Hence, Luke immediately addresses the story after leaving the 12-year-old Jesus in
07:46Nazareth, the preaching of John the Baptist on the banks of the Jordan.
