Maturity, Wisdom and God's Favour
6th day in the Christmas Octave
1 Jn 2: 12-17; Lk 2: 36-40
Luke alone pictures the life of the Holy Family at Nazareth and the boyhood phases of Jesus. Today he notes that the Word become flesh and grew up to be a holistic human person.
Speaking of holistic growth, I am reminded of the categories with which we were helped and evaluated for our growth when we were in initial formation towards priesthood. Maturity, Wisdom and God's Favour, that Luke speaks of today actually refers to the of those criteria of growth: Physical, Intellectual and Spiritual.
I wonder why parents today should not take up these as their criteria to help their children or their wards in their growth. An all round growth is what the society stands in need of.