As it was my birthday, my son kindly took me to the Renaissance Drawings at the British Museum. There was one that caught my particular attention – a drawing of the face of John the Baptist. It is a face of expectant longing; every line on the paper etching an emotion.

Jesus replied ‘Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?’

At Mass that morning we were told that this is not a denial of family, but rather a reaching out.