Tonj, 17 April, 2023 / 7:33 pm (ACI Africa).
The Catholic Bishop of South Sudan’s Yei Diocese has cautioned the people of God in the East-Central African nation against pride and fear.
In his homily on April 15, Bishop Alex Lodiong Sakor Eyobo said pride and fear prevent people from living the truth.
“Our pride is deterring us from exercising the truth,” Bishop Lodiong said, and added, “When we are telling the truth we try to create some stories around the truth so that it is buried and denied.”
He went on to caution against preventing others from communicating truth, saying, “No one should stop the people of God from telling the truth as stated in the Gospel because it’s our responsibility to spread that good news to the people who are far from us.”
The Local Ordinary of Yei Diocese noted that “sometimes people are slow to submit to the truth because of resistance in their hearts.”