The Year of Jubilee 2025
The Holy Father, Pope Francis, has decided that 2025 is a Year of Jubilee. The Jubilee Year began when Pope Francis opened the Holy Door in St. Peter's Basilica, on the 24th of December 2024. The Holy Father has chosen the theme 'Pilgrims of Hope' for this Holy Year, as the Church journeys together in this special year of reconciliation, She continues - with hope - in Her mission to become ever more united in our world today. The Jubilee Year will conclude on the Feast of the Epiphany 2026.
If you would like to learn more about the Jubilee Year from the Bishop's conference of England and Wales than please click here.
If you would like to learn more about the Jubilee Year from the Bishop's conference of England and Wales than please click here.
The Jubilee Prayer
Father in heaven,
may the faith you have given us
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
Father in heaven,
may the faith you have given us
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
Jubilee Icon
For the Jubilee Year a special icon has been commissioned by CAFOD for the Church in England and Wales. The icon is touring around the diocese of England and Wales, and for the month of January the icon will be here in our own archdiocese of Birmingham.
To find out more about where to go in order to see this icon while it is in the archdiocese, then please follow this link to the archdiocesan website.
To find out more about where to go in order to see this icon while it is in the archdiocese, then please follow this link to the archdiocesan website.
