When Mary consented to be the Mother of Jesus Christ, then took place the unique and greatest event of all time,  the Incarnation of the Son of God. He became truly man while remaining truly God. As Jesus Christ, It is true to say that the Son of God worked with human hands, He thought with a human mind. He acted with a human will, and with a human heart He loved. (470). Jesus Christ became one of us, with the exception of sin, and lived on earth for 33 years. Although He became one of us in order did so to save the world from sin, yet He spent 30 of those years in an obscure village in Palestine and lived like His neighbors in an ordinary family doing carpentry work when He grew up. He spent only the last three years of His life  going around that small country and  teaching,  preaching, curing many sick people and finally dying on a cross as if He was a common criminal. How can we explain those 30 years of a hidden life while devoting only three years to what is known as the public life of Jesus?

  We know that when Jesus began His public life with His baptism by John the Baptist at the River Jordan, a loud voice was heard by the bystanders  saying “This is my Son, the Beloved, with whom I am well pleased. (Mt. 3; 17)

  The Church understands that it was God the Father who spoke in praise of His Son.  The question arises about what had Jesus done to merit such high praise?  The answer seems to be that God is pleased with Jesus for living an ordinary life that was completely dedicated to doing everything out of love for His Father. In other words, it was not important what Jesus did but the motive behind what He did. Indeed, it is a lesson for each of us when we live our ordinary lives Thus, not the what we do is important but the why  we do it. We can sum up this directive in the little daily prayer, “All for You, O Jesus,” which is recited each morning by many millions throughout the world who belong to the spiritual association of the Apostleship of Prayer. They live like Jesus did especially during those 30 years at Nazareth for which He was so highly praised by His dearly loved heavenly Father.

  We now will begin to reflect on some of the events in the public life of Jesus which reveal what God wants us to know about Himself and His plans for us.