Homabay, 28 June, 2024 / 4:27 pm (ACI Africa).
Members of the Clergy must manifest generosity, compassion, love and altruism, Bishop Michael Odiwa of the Catholic Diocese of Homa Bay in Kenya has said.
In his homily during the ordination of new Deacons and Priests at St. John's Rakwaro Minor Seminary of his Episcopal See, Bishop Odiwa emphasized the need to practice the highlighted virtues by one’s lifestyle.
“We want to ask these our young men to be able to have the profound love of God in their hearts; to be generous, selfless, compassionate and loving in an unlimited way,” he said during the June 28 ordination of six Deacons of the Missionaries Sons of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Claretian Missionaries) to Priesthood, and two seminarians to Diaconate.
The Kenyan Catholic Bishop added, “In this time and season we need to show by our life, our generosity, selflessness, (and) compassion that we love God; that we give ourselves to his service and His people.”
The highlighted virtues are among God’s gifts to humanity. “It is God that gives us the graces,” he said, adding that “the more generous and open we are, the better for the ministry because none is better than the other.”
