(AINA) -- Two unidentified gunmen riding motorcycles opened fire on guests exiting the Virgin Church, located in Warrag, Giza. The gunmen fired automatic weapons as the guests exited the church after attending a wedding ceremony. According to Reverend Justus, the pastor of the church, one man, one women and one 8 year old girl were killed, and 18 were injured.
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Imagine a mother forgiving and praying for those who killed her daughter! A mother who asks all Egyptians to pray that God enlighten their hearts, that they may repent, who wishes no evil thing be done to them, but that they repent to God, and to have their hearts enlightened by God. This actually brought a tear to my eye:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQj-qCt2wNUTranslation highlights of the Mother of Mariam Nabil, the martyred 12-year-old girl shot in the Holy Virgin Church in Warraq, Egypt on October 20, 2013:
"I pray that God enlighten their eyes to the truth...
...I know my daughter is with me. She may be gone with flesh, but her spirit is still alive, comforting and assuring me.
...It's truly a blessing to have someone in heaven. They do nothing but send us to heaven quicker. What they think is jihad is really a blessing for us. We'll all die one day, but what they do in the end makes it quicker for us to go to heaven
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I wanted her to be a nun in Convent of the Holy Virgin. The fact that she died in front of the Church of the Holy Virgin is a coincidence...but now she's for the Virgin.
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I want to tell them who killed my daughter, I saw her! She's beautiful, and I've never seen her this beautiful before! ... You took away my chance to hug her and love her, so I asked her and I asked God to see her. And God granted me that I may see her. She was beautiful...white robe, long hair, light all around. ... I was assured.
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Host: Truthfully, you have an amazing sense of forgiveness for many of us who do not understand this forgiveness! ... usually people in your situation wish death upon these killers, and in fact, to kill them themselves!
Mother: I don't want to kill them. I don't want them to die. God forbid anything bad happen to them. God forbid they die before they repent. I desire that they repent before they get into the hands of our Lord.
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The door of repentance is open. We always pray to God, "Oh Lord, if there's anything evil in us, please clean it away!" I wish them likewise.
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One last thing: I want the Egyptian people to know that we have greater weapons than the weapons used by the killers. We have prayers and fastings! No greater weapons than these!"