Obedience is the spiritual fruit.
- When Jesus is twelve years old, He goes with His parents to Jerusalem for the feast of the Passover.
- After the feast of the Passover, Joseph and Mary unknowingly set out for Nazareth without Jesus.
- At the end of the first day’s journey they discover Jesus is missing.
- His parents return immediately looking for Him.
- This loss causes grief and anxiety beyond our understanding to the hearts of Mary and Joseph.
- On the third day, they find Jesus in the Temple among the Doctors who were astonished at His wisdom.
- Mary: “Son, why have you done this to us? Your father and I have been searching for You in sorrow.”
- Jesus: “Why did you search for Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father’s business?”
- Jesus goes down with them to Nazareth, and is subject to them.
- Mary keeps all these things in her heart.
