Nyeri, 21 February, 2025 / 9:55 pm (ACI Africa).
Archbishop Anthony Muheria of Kenya’s Catholic Archdiocese of Nyeri has called on learners at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) to embrace the Holy Spirit as a source of renewal in their Christian life.
In his homily during the Catholic Community (CATCOM) Mass at the Kenyan institution on Wednesday, February 19, Archbishop Muheria underlined the role of the Holy Spirit in strengthening faith, comparing its transformative power to oxygen reigniting a glowing splint.
“With a gust of oxygen, a glowing splint bursts into a flame. We need to come to the mouth of the test tube; we need to come to the oxygen source to rekindle the glowing embers of our Christian life,” the Kenyan Archbishop said in his homily at the event that was held at St. Augustine Chaplaincy.
Just like a glowing splint pops up with flame after being exposed to oxygen, Archbishop Muheria said the Holy Spirit has the power to drive out “our lazy state, our passive state, and our complete laxity,” enabling Christians to “pop back as pilgrims of hope.”
He challenged the learners to abandon spiritual complacency and seek nourishment from God. Drawing from the words of the prophet Isaiah, he said, “Stop searching for food that does not satisfy. Come, find the grace.”