“Christianity helps us to differentiate between good and evil,” Bishop Kamomoe said, adding that “during baptism, we are called to abandon sin and embrace what is right.”
“Let us develop the conscience to distinguish between what is evil and good,” he emphasized.
The loss of the sense of sin, the Catholic Church leader said, has had adverse effects on families, where he said evil has been allowed to reign, with members refusing to take responsibility of their respective faults as did Adam and Eve with the original sin and the fall.
“Let us pray for our families,” he implored, and explained, “The devil is now ruling between a husband and a wife; and their children are suffering. When we are wrong, let us not give excuses as Adam and Eve did, let us instead, acknowledge our sins, and go for the Sacrament of Confession’ that’s what God wants.”
The Kenyan Catholic Bishop, who started his Episcopal Ministry on April 6 cautioned against normalization of sin, and added, “Don’t commit sins simply because you will go for Confession.”
“If you fall into sin, accept that you are wrong; don’t start blaming each other,” he further said, adding, “Blaming shows that you are not ready to accept your mistakes. And that is why people don’t go for the sacrament of confession.”
“Sin is no longer seen as sin; even those who are corrupt amongst us have made corruption a normal thing; but it is not normal; it’s a sin,” Bishop Kamomoe emphasized.
Sin, he went on to say, “defiles you; it defiles your family; it defiles your soul, and your journey to heaven becomes obstructed.”
“You cannot be forgiven if you don’t accept your mistakes. You’ll end up living a life full of challenges; you may continue receiving the Holy Eucharist, but all you will be doing is desecrating it,” the Catholic Church leader warned.
Reflecting on the life of St. John the Baptist, whom he described as an epitome of humility, Bishop Kamomoe called upon the people of God to humble themselves before God of mercy and compassion, taking note of the link between the Sacraments of Reconciliation and the Holy Eucharist.
