Catholic Bishop in Kenya Expresses Spiritual Solidarity with Landslide Victims in Eldoret Diocese

Interior Minister Onesmus Kipchumba Murkomen said more than 30 people were still missing, while 25 seriously injured survivors had been airlifted for further treatment.

In his November 5 homily, Bishop Odonya also emphasized the importance of peaceful coexistence among communities in the North Rift region.

He said, “We continue to pray for peace, to bring peace into our families, communities, and wherever we live. Each of us should dedicate ourselves to being instruments of peace.”

“Let us continue spreading peace so that the world may experience true peace and human hearts may be transformed,” the Kenyan Catholic Church leader said during the Chesegon peace event, which is part of the North Rift Peace Initiative that members of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) launched in June 2023.

Meanwhile, the KCCB has released a prayer for the victims of the October 31 landslide, imploring God to grant eternal rest to those who lost their lives and consolation to grieving families.

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The Kenya Catholic Bishops, in their prayer that The Catholic Mirror published on its social media page on November 5, also pray for the injured, that God’s “healing hand may restore their strength and comfort their pain.”

Here is the KCCB prayer for the victims of the Kerio Valley landslide:

Loving and Merciful God,

We come before You with heavy hearts, mourning our brothers and sisters who lost their lives in the landslide in Kerio Valley.

Grant eternal rest to those who have died may perpetual light shine upon them, and may they find peace in Your loving embrace.

We pray for the injured, Lord, that Your healing hand may restore their strength and comfort their pain. Console the grieving families and friends with the hope of the Resurrection, and surround them with Your compassion and the support of their community. In moments of loss and uncertainty, help us trust in Your divine providence. Turn our sorrow into solidarity and our fear into faith. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

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