GOSPEL READING: LUKE 2:41-52
Family is the place where one should grow to maturity. Every child should remain with parents. Only when the child is grown and became mature (And Jesus advanced (in) wisdom and age and favor before God and man.) then only that person becomes independent and ready for public life. Until then that person grows to maturity in the presence of the parents. He is even removed from the temple to the family.
In the family, the parents long for the child and want the good of the child and want the child to remain with them and they are even ready to face any sacrifice to bring the child back to the family. So child is the centre of the care, concern and even the life of the family. If there in no child then there is no family and that is the reason for the parents to go and search for the child. Family is incomplete without the child. The response of the child is one of obedience to the parents and grow to be mature in the sight of men and God.
ஒவ்வொரு குழந்தையும் குடும்பத்தில்தான் வளர வேண்டும். வளர்ந்து முதிர்ச்சி பெற்ற பிறகுதான் பொது வாழ்வுக்கு தயாராகிறார். பெற்றோர்கள் குழந்தையை தேடி கண்டுபிடிக்க வேண்டும். கோவிலைவிட குடும்பம்தான் குழந்தையின் வளர்ச்சிக்கு முதிர்ச்சிக்கு சிறந்த இடம். குழந்தையும் பெற்றோர்களுக்கு பணிந்து வாழ்வதில் முதிர்ச்சி அடைகின்றார்.