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This past decade has witnessed the publication of many works of faith, testimonies, of personal experiences that diverse men and women have written to share, the mysteries of grace, love, forgiveness and one of these is this present testimony of the conversion and the faith of Marino Restrepo.

Marino was born in the highlands of Columbia. At the age of 19 he moved to Germany, where he married and had two sons and studied the arts. He soon succumbed to the allure of Hollywood and was immersed in everything that Hollywood had to offer — success, money, pleasure, beautiful women and the new age. His was the story of a prodigal son. In 1997, he returned for a visit to his native homeland and soon after was caught up in the drama of being taken hostage by the rebels and kept prisoner for 6 months in caves and jungles, expecting death at any moment.

Here, he experienced the love of Jesus Christ that transformed his life, and washed away his sins, and that called Marino to a life of witness to the power of faith and the love of Christ. His was not only the story of his personal conversion; the Lord called him to proclaim his Gospel of Mercy which he has done in many countries around the world. With the story of a lost faith rediscovered and the story of the Father’s loving embrace that washes away his sins with his Father’s tears and the blood of his Son, it has become as his lyre-trumpet of the Holy Spirit who continues to witness the saving message of the Gospel of Christ through the world of today.

I commend and recommend this story of faith and the love of Christ to everyone.

15th day of August 2005.

Bishop Roman Danylak.

Titular Bishop of Nyssa.