This year has been a Year of Prayer in preparation for Jubilee Year 2025: Pilgrims of Hope. On December 24, Pope Francis will open the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica to begin the Jubilee of Hope. The Holy Father will officially open the Holy Year with the rite of the Opening of the Holy Door of the Papal Basilica of St. Peter at 7 p.m. on December 24. He will then preside over the celebration of Mass on the night of the Lord’s Birth inside the basilica.
Pflaum provides Jubilee background sheets to share the purpose of the Jubilee with their students and families. Find these and other Jubilee 2025 resources here.
Please join us in praying for the success of the Jubilee:
The Jubilee Prayer
Father in heaven,
may the faith you have given us
in your son, Jesus Christ, our brother,
and the flame of charity enkindled
in our hearts by the Holy Spirit,
reawaken in us the blessed hope
for the coming of your Kingdom.May your grace transform us
into tireless cultivators of the seeds of the Gospel.
May those seeds transform from within
both humanity and the whole cosmos
in the sure expectation
of a new heaven and a new earth,
when, with the powers of Evil vanquished,
your glory will shine eternally.May the grace of the Jubilee
reawaken in us, Pilgrims of Hope,
a yearning for the treasures of heaven.
May that same grace spread
the joy and peace of our Redeemer
throughout the earth.
To you our God, eternally blessed,
be glory and praise for ever.
Amen.
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