Issued by the Catholic Center for Studies and Media - Jordan. Editor-in-chief Fr. Rif'at Bader - موقع أبونا abouna.org

Published on Wednesday, 17 December 2025
Cardinal Al-Rai celebrates Holly Mass marking the Jubilee of the Prisoner

mecc.org :

As part of the celebrations of the “Jubilee Year of Hope” 2025, and in response to the invitation of the Council of Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops in Lebanon to celebrate the Jubilee of the Prisoner, the General Directorate of Prisons in Lebanon has held a Divine Liturgy presided over by His Beatitude Cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros Al-Rai, Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, and President of the Council of Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops at the Maronite Patriarchal Edifice in Bkerke, Lebanon.

 

Under the theme "I was in prison and you came to visit me," (Matthew 25: 36) the Holy Mass was attended by the Secretary General of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) Professor Michel Abs, journalist Lea Adel Maamary, Coordinator of Media and Church Relations at the Middle East Council of Churches and Head of the Media Committee of the General Directorate of Prisons, Members of the Directorate, official and social personalities, and the faithful.

 

During the Holy Mass, His Beatitude Patriarch Al-Rai delivered a homily in which he spoke about the Sunday of the Revelation to Joseph and its key meanings. He also talked about the "Prisoner's Day" and the mission of the General Directorate of Prisons, in addition to its role and the services it provides.