This reflection was given by David Martin, our Butler Catholic Community President at the Welcome Week Mass on August 23rd,2009. A video recording may be found on the Butler Catholic Community facebook page.

In today’s Gospel, we will hear the familiar story of Jesus’ parents finding Him in the Temple, listening to and talking with the teachers. What is not reflected in Luke’s gospel is the fear and anxiety that must have struck Mary and Joseph upon discovering their twelve year old son missing. Many parents have experienced this terror when, upon turning around in the grocery store, at the fair, or in a park, discover their child has disappeared. More often than not the child is just around the corner oblivious to the panic he or she has instilled in the parent. I remember one particular event that occurred in my life