126:0.2 This important period in [[Jesus]]' youthful [[development]] began with the conclusion of the [[Jerusalem]] [[visit]] and with his return to [[Nazareth]]. At first [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) Mary] was [[happy]] in the [[thought]] that she had her boy back once more, that [[Jesus]] had returned [[home]] to be a [[dutiful]] son—not that he was ever anything else—and that he would henceforth be more [[responsive]] to her [[plans]] for his [[future]] life. But she was not for long to bask in this sunshine of [[maternal]] [[delusion]] and unrecognized [[family]] [[pride]]; very soon she was to be more completely [[disillusioned]]. More and more the boy was in the company of his [[father]]; less and less did he come to her with his [[problems]], while increasingly both his [[parents]] failed to [[comprehend]] his frequent alternation between the affairs of this world and the [[contemplation]] of his relation to [[Doing the will of God|his Father's business]]. Frankly, they did not [[understand]] him, but they did truly [[love]] him. | 126:0.2 This important period in [[Jesus]]' youthful [[development]] began with the conclusion of the [[Jerusalem]] [[visit]] and with his return to [[Nazareth]]. At first [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) Mary] was [[happy]] in the [[thought]] that she had her boy back once more, that [[Jesus]] had returned [[home]] to be a [[dutiful]] son—not that he was ever anything else—and that he would henceforth be more [[responsive]] to her [[plans]] for his [[future]] life. But she was not for long to bask in this sunshine of [[maternal]] [[delusion]] and unrecognized [[family]] [[pride]]; very soon she was to be more completely [[disillusioned]]. More and more the boy was in the company of his [[father]]; less and less did he come to her with his [[problems]], while increasingly both his [[parents]] failed to [[comprehend]] his frequent alternation between the affairs of this world and the [[contemplation]] of his relation to [[Doing the will of God|his Father's business]]. Frankly, they did not [[understand]] him, but they did truly [[love]] him. |