Fr Mario has been priest of the Holy Family parish in Gaza City\u2019s Zeitoun neighbourhood for three years.<\/p>\n
He welcomed the bishops of the Holy Land Coordination to his Church for Mass on Friday 8 January and afterwards gave a short reflection on the visit:
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“I’m Fr Mario da Silva. I’m from Brazil and work in the Gaza Strip in the only Catholic parish we have here.<\/p>\n
“I have been here for three years working with the Christian people. There are only 130 Catholic Christians and 1,200 Orthodox Christians. It is my work to work with them.<\/p>\n
“It was a joy for us to welcome the bishops of the Holy Land Coordination. It was very beautiful because it was not a simple visit – it was very important.<\/p>\n
“We know that all over the world you are praying for us and we can have power from your prayers.<\/p>\n
“I told the bishops that their visit is a very beautiful work of mercy in this ‘Year of Mercy’. One of the works of mercy is to visit prisoners and we are in a very big prison here in Gaza – we cannot go out of our city.<\/p>\n
“Thank you so much. God bless you and all your families and please pray for us.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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