Dar es Salaam, 05 November, 2024 / 10:03 pm (ACI Africa).
Bishop Stephano Lameck Musomba of Tanzania has called for spiritual solidarity with victims of violent conflicts in various parts of the globe.
Bishop Musomba, who was presiding over Holy Mass for the commemoration of all the faithful departed, All Souls Day, on November 2 at Kinondoni Cemetery, St. Ananias Catholic Parish of Tanzania’s Archdiocese of Dar es Salaam decried the loss of many innocent lives amid violent conflicts, including unborn children.
The theological basis for All Souls Day is the doctrine that the souls which, on departing from the body are not perfectly cleansed from venial sins, or have not fully atoned for past transgressions, need to go through a process of purification to attain the Beatific Vision, and that the people of God on earth can help them by prayers, almsgiving and especially the sacrifice of Holy Mass.
In his November 2 homily, Bishop Musomba recognized that many innocent people have passed on “due to hatred and violent conflicts" across the globe.
"This is why we must kneel and pray for peace in this world, as innocent people are dying; they are being killed, strangled, poisoned, and subjected to all kinds of suffering,” he lamented and posed, “What have they done to deserve this?"