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The Ghana Catholic Bishops' Conference (GCBC) has urged Christians to remain steadfast in God, even during the unusual times when the church is celebrating Easter under dire circumstances.

They said the presence of evil and suffering in the world did not in any way detract the goodness and omnipotence of God who continued to care for the wellbeing of all people.

The GCBC Easter Message read on Sunday by the Most Reverend John Bonaventure Kwofie, Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra, during an online Eucharistic Celebration assured all and sundry that God would see mankind through the tempestuous storm, adding that for with God, “Nothing is impossible”

He said in the light of the faith, people should not doubt the power of God to overcome the current COVID-19 pandemic.
“The current COVID-19 pandemic should not rob us of our faith in God. Instead, we should continue to keep our trust and hope in God the Father who did not spare His only Son, but offered him for the salvation of the world,” he said.
He said the COVID-19 Pandemic had provoked a new lease of life and creativity.

Archbishop Kwofie noted that the directives from the President were helping to re-learn some of the basic things to do to stay healthy.

“We are re-discovering the importance of caring for each other in the family, of reading the Word of God and praying together as a family,” he said.

“In the light of Christ’s victory over sin and death, let us use these renewed skills to love God and the neighbour more intensely so that these God-given skills help us to renew and re-build the Family of God.

“We should work together as one common humanity and pray to God to help us to stem the tide and eventually uproot this virus from our midst even as we continue to take all necessary health precautions that will help halt the spread of the disease”.

He on behalf of the GCBC expressed sympathy to the affected families and prayed for all frontline workers.
He urged the public to observe the restrictions imposed by the President and also follow the precautionary measures laid down by the Ghana Health Service and the GCBC.

“If Christ died for us, we too should be willing to do what we can to protect ourselves, family members and every Ghanaian. If there is anything that the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us, it is a reminder of our common humanity where there is no distinction between race, religion, gender or status,” he said.