The Time For Spiritual Renewal - The Pandemic Is The Time To Strengthen And Share Our Faith

The entire world is challenged with the pandemic, yet we cannot in anyway be in despair. God, our Lord, has graced us all with wisdom and the strength of faith which needs to be exercised in due time. To me personally, the pandemic is the kind of mirror which shows us the strength of our faith. Yet we cannot take the gift of faith for granted. Faith is the tool, which reminds us all about the many ways of fighting the pandemic and many other visible and invisible threats.
 
Humanity, being created in the image of God, has the divine strength to overcome all evil and tribulations. Faith empowers us to respect science to the extent of reaching our human intelligence and leaving the rest into the hands of the Almighty.
 
As a humble servant of God, I want to pray to God on the eve of Thanksgiving and reflect upon the many gifts graced upon me. The greatest gift of all is my faith.
 
Archbishop Hovnan Derderian
Primate

November 24, 2020