Jesus’ parents find him, on the third day, that is, at the Biblical moment…when great dramas unravel themselves.  Mary tells him something he does not seem to understand: “Son, why have you treated us like this?  Look, your father and I have been searching for you in great anxiety!” (LK 2:48)

What is obviously puzzling to him is partly the anguish of this couple so profoundly united to God, as if God himself were distressed; it is also, partly, this expression of Mary’s that sounds very strange to Jesus’ ears: “Your father is searching for you…!  “Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?” (Lk 2:49) says Jesus as he opposes his Father to this man of who Mary is speaking.

What follows speaks for itself: Joseph and Mary do not understand what he is saying and Jesus begins a descent in their footsteps.  His feet will obey Mary.  Soon, in the humble workshop, his hands will obey Joseph:  “whatever the Father does, the Son does likewise” (Jn 5:19).  Jesus considers Joseph as his father.  His feet and hands have designated him. 

Jesus had gone up to Jerusalem, to the most beautiful place in the world, to the temple of God; they’re he had enjoyed immediate respect in spite of his early you.  He descends to a scorned place, Nazareth.  And that, through Mary.  –Andrew Doze “Joseph Shadow of the Father”