Proclamation of the Word of God Theme for Kenyan Diocese’s Pastoral Year 2024

Nakuru, 12 January, 2024 / 9:50 PM

Kenya’s Nakuru Diocese will be marking the 2024 Pastoral Year under the theme, “Proclamation of the Word of God"

In a Thursday, January 11 letter, Bishop Cleophas Oseso Tuka says the theme “should help us to see the Word of God as an unfading lamp meant to guide us along the right path and banishing the shadows of uncertainty.”

“This year's theme is ‘Proclamation of the Word of God’ inspired by Psalm 119:105 ‘Your Word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path’,” Bishop Oseso said.

He added, “In Psalm 119, the psalmist declares that God's Word is a steady radiance of light to our feet guiding us through darkness and shining brightly on the pathways we take. This Psalm is a collection of inspired reflections on the nature of God's Word and its importance in the life of a Christian.”

“Clearly, without God and his Word, we are spiritually walking in the dark. By opening the scriptures, it brightens the path we take rekindling the joy of spending time with God and growing in the knowledge and understanding of his ways,” the Bishop of Nakuru said, emphasizing the importance of the theme.

He added, “God's Word is the light of truth (Jn 17:17), the indispensable guide in our Christian life, shedding light on how we perceive people and situations. It lifts the darkness before us and straightens every crooked path we take.”

Bishop Oseso urged the people of God in his Episcopal See to “read this Word, mark it, learn it, digest it, and guard it for it is a lamp to our feet, a light to our path.”

“I also encourage you to adopt the five-steps method of Lectio Divina (Read, Meditate, Pray, Contemplate, and Action),” he said, adding that the Word is “God's instrument to lead us into holiness.”

“We entrust our meditations and contemplation of the Word of God to the intercession of St. Jerome,” said Bishop Oseso.