During the Christmas season, it's so easy to imagine Jesus as a
baby. From there, we can imagine Mary, a young mother who assented to
God's holy will and held the baby so tenderly in the stable cave. Then,
almost suddenly, the liturgy brings us to Jesus as a grown man being
baptized by His cousin John. This year, with a new baby of my own, I've
been considering those "hidden years," the years when Jesus was
physically the center of Mary's life and during which theirs was the
closest possible relationship.
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art:Kissing the Face of God by Morgan Weistling
