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| First Name: | Rick (& Kermie) | | Gender: | Male | | Faith History: | Lifetime Catholic, Latin Rite |
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Posted: Tue Jan 23rd, 2007 08:11 pm |
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The following Penguin Parable is copyright 2007 by Marti Wilson.
It was originally posted on Catholic Pillar and Foundation, and is reposted with permission.
The 5th Joyful mystery . . .
Often when we think of Jesus we make Him larger than life. However, He came to earth as a human and lived a very human life. Yet, in that day the emotions and reactions were all very human. When I pray the 5th joyful mystery, I used to wonder how Mary could have been all that worried after all Jesus is God. Well, God has a way of showing me things and getting them through my hard head . . .
Two years ago for the 4th of July, the family took a camping trip to an amusement park. On the last evening as we were getting ready to leave the amusement park before a major thunderstorm hit, our oldest took off to get the 2 year old on the carousel one last time. Our son, who was 8, saw them take off and thought because his dad had promised to take him on the bumper cars that they were headed there so he ran after them even though we called out for him to come back.
When we got to the carousel, he was not there. I went up by the bumper cars and could not find him. I walked all the way back to the arcade where we had been when he took off. He was not there. My husband had sent the oldest to watch the front gate so that with all the people leaving the park before the storm he could not leave or be taken out without being seen.
Then Dad took up a post in the doorway of a store on the main walkway. The other girls sat under a cafe umbrella with the little one at the junction.
I reported our son missing to the nearest security person. He told me to pick a spot where they could find me and they would search for our son. I assured him that our son would find them as he knew what to do if he got lost. I knew he had not been taken -- he was just lost. I knew he would find a security person and let them know he was lost. In my head I knew all of this.
In my heart, I could feel my heart breaking. I stood on a short wall watching for that little head. The rain came with lightening and poured down upon me and I stood there praying and watching. I had all the faith in the world in God and faith in the lessons I had taught my very level headed son. Yet, my heart broke. I knew at that moment how Mary felt. She knew God, the Father, would take care of His son. She knew Jesus, God the Son, was capable of taking care of Himself. However, her baby boy was missing -- lost in a crowd of people in a place crowded with strangers.
I finally couldn't take it any more and approached a security person and asked if they had found him. Sure enough he was in the lost kid caboose. Drenched from head to foot, I ran to the lost kid caboose. I knew he was inside but relief did not come until I took him into my arms and could feel the physical presence of my son.
He did it right. He saw me pass at the bumper cars but when he could not get my attention and I went on he took himself straight to the ride operator and asked for security. He was found before I ever reported him lost. He did everything I knew he would.
No matter my faith, the joy of finding him safe was a joy beyond description. His dad grabbed him up in his arms and just wept.
Mary had a very human relationship with Jesus as well as the spiritual. She devoted her life to serving God. She was filled with the Holy Spirit. She knew Jesus was her Savior. Despite all of that, he was her baby boy and her heart broke when he was lost and her heart was renewed when she found him. Such is the 5th joyful mystery. This does not show doubt on Mary's part as some Protestants would maintain. It shows the depth of her love and devotion.
When we are parted through sin from Jesus hearts break. When we are joined to Him, the joy is beyond description. It is not just our souls but the totality our minds, our hearts, and our souls yearn for that connection as much as that mother did 2000 years ago.
God in the flesh -- we cannot forget to accept all of what is Jesus -- both divine and human with all that goes with each. We need have joy and seek Jesus every day with all of our hearts, minds, and souls.
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Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand. - Augustine
Rick Luquette
Luquette Lane
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