Title: Patriarch Raï: We Seek the Intercession of Our Mother Mary to Help Us Overcome Difficult Circumstances

Patriarch of the Maronite Church Beshara Raï led the Mass for the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, body and soul, to heaven at the patriarchal seminary church in Diman, assisted by Bishop Paul Sayyah. The Mass was served by the Zahrat Al-Karmel choir from Bsharri, conducted by Michel Draybi. After the reading of the Holy Gospel, the Patriarch delivered a sermon in which he stated, "We renew our faith, and these intentions we place today on the altar on the feast of Our Mother Mary the Virgin, and we seek her intercession to help us overcome these difficult circumstances we are living in."