LIFE AT NAZARETH
2. The Example of Nazareth.
On the contrary see how the little House of Nazareth gives you an altogether different lesson. There human vanity is despised and trampled upon. Jesus hides Himself in the little unknown village of Nazareth, a village which until that moment is not mentioned in Holy Scripture. Jerusalem was a great city, Bethlehem was the city of David, but Nazareth was a mere sprinkling of houses, a small place, an unknown spot. And there the Son of God and Mary lived.
Jesus also leads a hidden life for His parents are poor and unknown. Not attracting the attention of anyone. They are just obscure villagers not shining even in Nazareth. They hold no brilliant position of any kind.
Finally, Jesus leads an obscure and hidden life on account of His occupations. He odes the usual work of a poor house, going on errands and helping His parents with the housework. Later on He did not go in for higher studies nor did He choose a brilliant career; He became an ordinary artisan, a carpenter. even here He did not work in precious, artistical masterpieces. He merely manufactures common, ordinary, ever-day objects.
Thus does Jesus hide Himself. Mary despite Her beauty and sanctity, despite the smallness of the village, is seen by all merely as a good neighbor, busying Herself in ordinary household duties. She is really the pearl hidden in the bottom of the sea. It would almost seem that God, jealous of His pearl, has hidden it and guarded it against theft.
[Excerpted from 'MARIAN MEDITATIONS' Book by Rev. Dr. Ildefonso R. Villar, Salesian Philippine Province, Nihil Obstat; Imprimatur]
2. The Example of Nazareth.
On the contrary see how the little House of Nazareth gives you an altogether different lesson. There human vanity is despised and trampled upon. Jesus hides Himself in the little unknown village of Nazareth, a village which until that moment is not mentioned in Holy Scripture. Jerusalem was a great city, Bethlehem was the city of David, but Nazareth was a mere sprinkling of houses, a small place, an unknown spot. And there the Son of God and Mary lived.
Jesus also leads a hidden life for His parents are poor and unknown. Not attracting the attention of anyone. They are just obscure villagers not shining even in Nazareth. They hold no brilliant position of any kind.
Finally, Jesus leads an obscure and hidden life on account of His occupations. He odes the usual work of a poor house, going on errands and helping His parents with the housework. Later on He did not go in for higher studies nor did He choose a brilliant career; He became an ordinary artisan, a carpenter. even here He did not work in precious, artistical masterpieces. He merely manufactures common, ordinary, ever-day objects.
Thus does Jesus hide Himself. Mary despite Her beauty and sanctity, despite the smallness of the village, is seen by all merely as a good neighbor, busying Herself in ordinary household duties. She is really the pearl hidden in the bottom of the sea. It would almost seem that God, jealous of His pearl, has hidden it and guarded it against theft.
[Excerpted from 'MARIAN MEDITATIONS' Book by Rev. Dr. Ildefonso R. Villar, Salesian Philippine Province, Nihil Obstat; Imprimatur]
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