Abuja, 20 May, 2024 / 9:00 pm (ACI Africa).
God’s gift of the Holy Spirit celebrated on Pentecost Sunday empowers the disciples of Jesus Christ to live a virtuous life that pays keen attention to the needs of the “marginalized” and the “common good”, Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama of Nigeria’s Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja has said.
In a text of his Pentecost Sunday homily, which he published on his Facebook wall on May 19, Archbishop Kaigama calls upon Nigerians to recognize the role of the Holy Spirit in facilitating a collaborative approach “towards the healing” of the West African nation that he says is “wounded”.
“During the challenges we face as a nation, the Holy Spirit calls us to be agents of reconciliation, peace, and justice, working together for the common good, advocating for the marginalized, and working towards the healing of our nation wounded by corruption, parochialism, injustice, favoritism, inequitable distribution of resources, godfatherism,” he says.
The Nigerian Catholic Archbishop says he finds it regrettable that “many in our country, sadly, cannot be filled with the Holy Spirit because we are ‘full’ of hatred, full of anger, full of resentment, full of self-importance, full of corruption, full of immorality, and violence.”
He expresses his spiritual solidarity with his compatriots, “especially” those with leadership roles at various levels.
