REFLECTIONS OF A KENYAN PRIEST

By Fr. Casmir Odundo One of my seminary classmates, now a priest of a certain diocese, recently shared with me about his priestly experience. “ How are you coping with the fact that you are no longer in class, after the over eight years of sitting in a lecture room in the seminary? ” I asked. “ Study is still very essential to me now that I am a priest. Other than the usual Monday off days for priests, I have another day every week that I set aside exclusively for personal study. I call it my study day ,” said the priest.   This should not be surprising because, as we were taught in the seminary, the priest of today’s world is called to be a saint and a scholar. ST. THOMAS AQUINAS: MODEL OF CATHOLIC SCHOLARS St. Thomas Aquinas: Patron of Scholars Today, the 28 th of January, the Church celebrates the Memoria of one of her outstanding scholars. St. Thomas Aquinas: A genius by all standards; a humble Dominican Priest; a philosopher; a theologian; a doctor of the Chu...

Fr. Casmir Odundo Fr. Ithondeka Yesterday, the Catholic Church celebrated the very first Sunday of the Word of God as promoted and proclaimed by Pope Francis in his Motu Proprio “ Aperuit illis”. " This Sunday," according to Pope Francis, "and the subsequent 3 rd Sunday’s of the ordinary time, will be devoted to, the celebration, study and dissemination of the Word of God.”     Of course the word of God has been translated into many languages, (beginning from the Septuagint and the Vulgate) but the greatest of these translations: is the one carried out by Christians’ every day in fulfilling their ordinary duties. That is, translating God’s word into life. Making God’s word alive again! As the Universal Church marked this day, some of the   priests of the diocese of Nakuru also remembered one of its faithful sons: Rev. Fr. Michael K Ithondeka, who was brutally murdered exactly 12 years ago. Fr. Ithondeka went to be with the Lord on the 26 th January 2008 at...