Return to Work World

In the Roman Catholic Lectionary for today, Luke completes the story of Jesus, Mary and Joseph in Jerusalem and has them return to Nazareth. This is like the return to the work world after the Christmas Holidays. Perhaps the return will feature many resolutions for the New Year. The challenge of being in the world but not being “of the world” is that faced by those over the ages who have resolved to pursue holiness. The other texts in the Scripture from today extol the reader to move in this direction