Portraits From a Hong Kong Prison Cell: Postcards for Jimmy Lai This Christmas

Children young and old have joined a campaign to send letters of love and hope to an innocent man in China this winter — and we invite you to do the same. A suffering Christ hangs from a cross, appearing thin and emaciated, sketched in black pencil, the only media available in a small jail cell inside Hong Kong’s Stanley Prison. Another image, with a bit of color, depicts Our Lord looking forlorn, wearing a crown of green thorns with red blood pouring from his hands, feet and his gouged side. The Blessed Mother, drawn in color, with golden-blonde hair and a silhouette of light radiating from her head, is portrayed with head bowed. -- More...