Bishop Narh underscored the significant place prayer holds in the life of mothers as they carry out their responsibilities of bringing up children. He said, “Behind any successful child, including Priests, is an ever-praying mother. Mary our mother had her responsibilities, and this brought her the privilege of being called the pediatrics of all graces. Mother of God, tabernacle of the Holy Spirit, full of grace, (and) queen of heaven."
“Seek first the responsibilities and the privilege will follow," the Catholic Church leader who started his Episcopal Ministry on April 19 following his appointment as Auxiliary Bishop for Accra on February 14 told members of the Accra Archdiocesan chapter of WUCWO on September 9.
He called upon the Catholic women to seek inspiration from the Blessed Virgin Mary, saying, "Often when we address Mary, we forget that before the gloriousness of Mary, there were the sorrows of Mary.”
“Please, in your family, church, work and society, embrace your roles and apply yourselves dutifully as if you can see God or Jesus as your supervisor and watch what He will do for you,” Bishop Narh said, adding, “He will open the gates of heaven for you to see the glories that await."
The 57-year-old Ghanaian Catholic Bishop emphasized the need for mothers to remain close to young people, saying, “Our youth needs us.”
Young people today “are a difficult generation”, he noted, and called upon Catholic mothers to recall their own youthful life. “Every generation says that to the youth. You as mothers now were a difficult generation once,” Bishop Narh said.
He continued, "Our mothers did not give up on us. We are giving up on the current generation. They need our friendship.”
The member of the Clergy of Accra Archdiocese where he was ordained a Priest in July 1995 recalled his own past, saying, “As a youth, we used to criticize our Priests.”
“My mother will always say, ‘stop criticizing Father; go to him and ask for his views on the things you are raising.’ And so occasionally without informing us, she will say, ‘Father is here ask him the things you were saying.’ Often when Father begins to speak and explain things, we realize that as youth we are never patient,” Bishop Narh shared, and underscored the need for young people to exercise patience.
Ernest Senanu Dovlo in Accra, Ghana, contributed to the writing of this story
Bishop Anthony Narh Asare, Auxiliary Bishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Accra speaking at the WUCWO Day celebration. Credit: Credit: Jean-Luc Kossi Dokly, Accra/Ghana
