Nairobi, 04 August, 2025 / 5:30 pm (ACI Africa).
The Auxiliary Bishop of Kenya’s Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi has challenged the young boys at the Archdiocese’s Beacon Boys mentorship initiative to give their lives to God, reminding them that true happiness and meaning in life come from serving Jesus and others.
In his homily during the annual Holy Mass that was held at St. Mary’s Msongari Parish Grounds for initiative created to address modern day boy child challenges, Bishop David Kamau Ng’ang’a urged the young boys to focus on pleasing the Lord in all activities they engage in to live a valuable life, just like the boy who gave Jesus five loaves of bread.
“Start with Jesus. Start by having Jesus in you. Then you give to others. Then, at last, you come to yourself,” Bishop Kamau said.
“This is what the boy who gave the five loaves did,” he said, making reference to the unnamed young boy who offers five loaves and two fish to Jesus in the Gospel of St. John, and added, “the boy started to listen to Jesus in the crowd. He got the message of Jesus. Then he went to the others and gave out the bread. And then at last he came to himself. And he had joy.”
“As long as we start with ourselves, then happiness and joy will be very far from us,” he said, and continued, “Beacon Boys, if you want to be happy, start with Jesus. And then you help others. Then you come back to yourself. Then you will be happy, you have joy, you prepare yourself for the future.”
