Nairobi, 22 February, 2024 / 1:15 pm (ACI Africa).
The Archbishop of Kenya’s Nairobi Archdiocese has urged parents to emulate Mary and Joseph who raised Jesus in knowledge and wisdom.
In his homily at Queen of Apostles Minor Seminary, Ruaraka, in his Metropolitan See on Tuesday, February 21, Archbishop Philip Subira Anyolo reflected on the finding of the child Jesus in the temple and how his parents helped him grow in wisdom and knowledge.
“That kind of knowledge and wisdom that Jesus grew up with was oriented by the life that Mary and Joseph lived,” Archbishop Anyolo said, and added, “They were devoted to God, and in that wisdom, Jesus Christ also took the same orientation.”
“Let them (children) grow from your own experiences and knowledge and your love for God, so that they may also grow towards the same direction,” said the Local Ordinary of Nairobi Archdiocese since November 2021.
He told the parents who had assembled at the Catholic school for the 2024 inaugural Mass that the children would acquire knowledge and wisdom not by them being at the seminary, but according to how they learn it from them (parents) at home.