Archbishop Banda honours departed Clergy and Consecrated
...Faithful in little, great in God’s eyes
Archbishop Alick Banda led the Archdiocese of Lusaka in honouring the memory of departed clergy and consecrated men and women who served with devotion, humility, love and integrity at Kasisi Cemetery.
“Today we gather to remember, with special affection, the Clergy and the Consecrated who have gone before us,” he said. “These brothers and sisters worked amongst us, proclaiming the Word and celebrating the Sacraments.”
In his homily, the Archbishop reflected on the unseen sacrifices of those who lived lives of contemplation and service. “Some of their faces are still vivid in our minds,” he noted. “Others, we may know only through stories. But all of them have left an echo of grace, the love of God threaded into the life of our Local Church.”
Drawing from Scripture, he likened their legacy to that of St. Paul’s co-workers in the vineyard of the Lord.
“Their names may not appear in any history books, but they shouldered the burden of evangelization and their names are surely written in God’s hands.”
Archbishop Banda stressed that their lives, though not perfect, were marked by faithful generosity.
“It is not about self, not even about success, but faithfulness to God alone,” he reminded the congregation. “They were faithful in very little… and that faithfulness, repeated over years and decades, became something great in the eyes of God. May God grant them eternal rest. Amen.”
