KENYA: Be Holy by living with love and bearing witness, urges Papal Nuncio

The Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya and South Sudan His Excellency Most. Rev. Charles D. Balvo calls on both the Clergy and the faithful to live with love and by bearing witness in everything that they do.

Addressing Fidei Donum Priests during a one-week workshop at JJ McCarthy Centre in Nairobi, Archbishop Balvo said the Holy Father Pope Francis encourages all to let the grace of baptism bear fruit in a path of holiness and by turning to God in every situation.

“We can do this in the power of the Holy Spirit since holiness, in the end is the fruit of the Holy Spirit in our life,” He said.

Speaking on 23rd, August, 2018, the Pope’s Representative said, while concentrating on missionary awareness, the missionaries should not think of mission on Earth without seeing it as a path of holiness. “Each Saint is a mission, planned by the Father to reflect and embody, at a specific moment in history,” Archbishop Balvo said.

Making Reference to Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation Guadete et Exsultate which deals with the theme of the call to holiness in today’s world, the life of the Christian is to be filled with joy, adding that, the search for holiness does not involve a list of what people cannot do but rather of what they can and should do.

A section of the participants of the workshop during the sessions

“The Holy Spirit bestows holiness in abundance among God’s holy and faithful people, not as individuals without any bond between them, but rather as people who might acknowledge him in truth and serve him in holiness,” He said.

In his message, the Holy Father contemplate the holiness present in the loving parents who raise their children with immense love, in the men and women who work hard to support their families, in the sick, in elderly religious who never lose their smile. “In their daily perseverance I see the holiness of the Church militant,” He says.

Pope Francis points out that, as it is stated by the Second Vatican Council, each and every person, whatever his or her condition or state in life, is called to holiness. Each believer must discern his or her own path in order to bring out the very best of themselves and the most personal gifts that God has placed in their hearts.

The Fidei Donum meeting organised by the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB)-Pontifical Missionary Society National Director Rev. Fr. Bonaventure Luchidio brought together Fidei Donum Priests serving in Kakamega, Lodwar, Malindi, Nairobi and Marsabit.

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By Rose Aachiego, Waumini Communications Ltd.