2025 will mark 60 years since the Second Vatican Council, or Vatican II. Therefore, Pope Francis has decided that the Jubilee of 2025 will have the theme ‘Pilgrims of Hope’.
The Jubilee 2025, will be a year of hope since our global world is suffering the impacts of war, the ongoing effects of COVID-19 and our climate crisis.
To help us prepare for this, Pope Francis has asked us to join us all in a great ‘symphony’ of prayer.
Please see the letter from Pope Francis below:
Pope Francis has also given us a prayer ahead of this special celebration.
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
