Ekiti, 03 August, 2022 / 6:40 pm (ACI Africa).
The graces we have received from God, including talents are to be used to foster the growth of each other, not for oppression, a Catholic Bishop in Nigeria has said.
In his homily last Sunday, Bishop Felix Femi Ajakaye of Nigeria’s Ekiti Diocese reflected on the Readings for the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022, and said that life has meaning when God’s gifts are shared.
“(The) best way to serve God with our God-given gifts, talents, is through our fellow human beings and that it is the best way not only to make life meaningful but also to foster communal life,” Bishop Ajakaye said July 31.
He added, “We are to use our God-given gifts, talents, to help one another to grow, both physically and spiritually.”
The Nigerian Catholic Bishop underscored the need to know the God the Creator through appropriate use of His gifts to us, saying, “We must not use our God-given talents to oppress other people. To mock the poor is to insult the Creator, no one who laughs at distress will go unpunished.”