Marino and the EU Praying at the heart of Europe. He heard God say, "Brussels”. Croatian-born, Marino Mojtic, his wife Vesna and two daughters live in Skopje, North Macedonia and serve God through the Evangelical Church of Macedonia. Five years ago, Marino felt in his heart that a shift in ministry was coming. Two years later and still with no idea about what might lie ahead, Marino called out again to God, "What is it that You have for me? Please tell me!" Then he heard God say, "Brussels". Brussels? For some reason, he knew it meant the European Union. He responded, "I don’t know anyone there! How am I going to do this? And why me?"
Marino Mojtic in Strasbourg
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Then the Lord reminded him of the many prayer walks around the Parliament and Government buildings in Skopje that he was involved with in recent years. Was this preparation for something greater that he could not understand back then? In fact, almost 40 years ago God birthed an unbroken prayer initiative at the centre of Europe’s bureaucracy. Soon after the formation of the first elected European Parliament in 1979, three MEPs, Wynn Griffiths, a Welsh Socialist and Methodist, Maria Luisa Cassamagnano Carretti, an Italian Christian Democrat and Roman Catholic and John Purvis, a Scottish Conservative and Presbyterian met together to pray while sessions of the European Parliament were held in Strasbourg. They were soon joined by Paul Symonds, a Jesuit priest and Stephen Biller, a Catholic and staff member of the European Democratic Group. As a most unlikely group, they came together around the person of Jesus Christ, discussing a text from the Bible, and ending their time together with prayer and jointly proclaiming the prayer "Our Father" in their own languages. "Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven…"
