Are you ready for the Jubilee!?

2025 will be a Jubilee year! The theme is "Pilgrims of Hope." On Christmas Eve this year, Dec 24, 2024, the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica will open.

Why I am telling you this now? Jubilee years do not happen often, the previous three jubilees were in 2015, 2000, and 1983, so it is important to be prepared for when they come.

Pope Francis is expected to release a Papal Bull, an official document bearing the seal of the pope, to proclaim the Jubilee year. He is expected to release this document on May 9, next week!

How can we prepare for the jubilee? With Prayer. Here is what Pope Francis says about preparing for the Jubilee through prayer:

In this time of preparation, I would greatly desire that we devote 2024, the year preceding the Jubilee event, to a great “symphony” of prayer. Prayer, above all else, to renew our desire to be in the presence of the Lord, to listen to him and to adore him. Prayer, moreover, to thank God for the many gifts of his love for us and to praise his work in creation, which summons everyone to respect it and to take concrete and responsible steps to protect it. Prayer as the expression of a single “heart and soul” (cf. Acts 4:32), which then translates into solidarity and the sharing of our daily bread. Prayer that makes it possible for every man and woman in this world to turn to the one God and to reveal to him what lies hidden in the depths of their heart. Prayer as the royal road to holiness, which enables us to be contemplative even in the midst of activity. In a word, may it be an intense year of prayer in which hearts are opened to receive the outpouring of God’s grace and to make the “Our Father,” the prayer Jesus taught us, the life programme of each of his disciples.

Here is a prayer for the Jubilee Year that you can print and pray with your family.

You can learn more about the 2025 Jubilee here!

I pray you find this message fruitful! May the Lord be with you and your family as we approach Pentecost! As always, please feel free to respond to this email. I always love hearing from you!

In Christ,

Trevor

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