In the shelter, she was so grateful for Mass, which she used to attend with her mother in Guatemala, that she braided a friendship bracelet for Seitz, who wears several on his right wrist. “God was with us to endure so many days without family.” “When he arrived, you could feel like a peace, something that comforts you, something that you need,” Elena recalled during this Holy Week, which she’s observing with relatives far from El Paso. What sustained her for two months before her release was receiving the sacraments, including Communion distributed during a Mass celebrated by the Catholic bishop of El Paso, Mark Seitz. As the days went by, she started worrying God might be “bored” by her petitions, and prayed for forgiveness. Then, when other girls also being held grew “inconsolable,” she prayed they'd be released first. Elena told The AP that for weeks she asked God to let her out of the shelter as soon as possible.
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