This week in Christ's life… (12)

This week, Jesus is 12 weeks old and his mother, Mary, is ending her first trimester of pregnancy.  He can move his thumb in opposition to his other fingers, and he practices inhaling and exhaling, sending amniotic fluid in and out of his lungs.  His spleen begins to work and his salivary glands are functioning.  He is making sucking and swallowing motions.  At the end of his second month of life, he measured about an inch and weighed about one gram; now, he is 3 times as long and more than 50 times as heavy!  Precious heart of Jesus, teach us to love all people, especially the newly developing baby.