Lectionary readings: Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14, Colossians 3:12-21, Luke 2:41-52 Set against the background of our preliminary readings from Sirach and Colossians, today’s gospel reading is almost playful. Pious interpretation may hesitate to suggest that the twelve-year-old Jesus, who had lingered in the temple to begin practicing the craft of rabbinical debate, was teasing his anxious…