Ouagadougou: The Metropolitan Archbishop of Ouagadougou, Monsignor Prosper Kontiébo, urged the Catholic faithful to maintain confidence in God, in the face of the difficulties facing Burkina Faso.
‘The difficulties that our country is going through should not make us lose confidence in God. On the contrary, as believers, we know that the cross (suffering) is a reality and that God himself will confront it in order to bring us salvation,’ said Monsignor Prosper Kontiébo.
The Metropolitan Archbishop of Ouagadougou spoke on the night of Saturday to Sunday at Ouagadougou Cathedral, on the occasion of the Easter vigil.
‘The Easter message is an invitation to hope and trust. This victory of Christ (over death) is an invitation to never lose sight of the fact that even if God seems silent, he is not sleeping. Evil can never defeat good. God has the last word on the history of the world and on our history,’ he said previously.
Monsignor Prosper Kontiébo then invited the audience and in particular, the faithful wh
o are preparing to receive baptism, communion and confirmation to follow in the footsteps of the Risen One.
‘Our life must be connected to Christ who is the way, the truth and the life. It is Christ who must become the criterion for judging all other realities’ of our lives, he advocated.
Finally, the Archbishop urged the faithful to be messengers of the light, joy and peace of Christ in their families, their workplaces and in society.
Source: Burkina Information Agency