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The Year of Prayer- Pilgrims of Hope
2025 Pilgrims of Hope Jubilee
Pope Francis has announced that 2025 will be a year of Jubilee – an event that happens every 25 years. The theme for the upcoming Jubilee is “Pilgrims of Hope”.
The 2025 Jubilee will begin in Advent 2024 and will run until the Feast of the Epiphany in 2026.
What is a Jubilee?
Taking place every 25 years, a Jubilee year is a tradition that is recognised and respected throughout the world as being a significant part of the history of our faith.
Excluding the Extraordinary Year of Mercy in 2016, the last Jubilee year took place in 2000, marking an historic moment as the Church entered into her third millennium.
A Jubilee is a special year of grace, in which the Catholic Church offers the faithful the possibility of asking for a plenary indulgence – a remission of sins for themselves or deceased loved ones.
The year begins with the well-known custom of the opening of the Holy Door at St Peter’s Basilica, following the other three papal basilicas in Rome. The Pope grants permission for Holy Doors to be situated throughout the world for Catholics everywhere to take part in this most special rite.
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
Daily Prayers
Our Father
Our Father, who art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us,
and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Amen
Hail Mary
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you.
Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death.
Amen
Glory Be
Glory Be to the Father and to the son and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end.
Amen
Morning Offering
Father in heaven, you love me, you are with me night and day.
I want to love you always in all I do and say.
I will try to please you, Father, bless me through this day.
Amen
Grace Before Meals
Bless us, O God as we sit together,
Bless the food we eat today,
Bless the hands that make the food.
Bless us, O God.
Amen
Grace After Meals
Thank you, God for the food we have eaten,
Thank you, God for all our friends,
Thank you, God for everything,
Thank you, God.
Amen
Afternoon Prayer
God our Father,
I’ve come to say, thank you for your love today.
Thank you for my family, and all the friends you give to me.
Guard me in the dark of night, and in the morning send your light.
Amen
October the month of Mary
During October, the month dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary, we were inspired to pray to Mary. The children and staff used the Mary Prayer Garden to honour Mary, the Mother of Christ by praying the rosary each day.
Rosary Club
On the 11th November, our Liturgy Leaders planned a prayer and liturgy service to remember all of those who died during the war. We remembered the fallen with our prayers and held a two minute silence.
During November we remember all of the people we have known who have died.
This is our Remembrance Tree which contains all of the names of the people we are praying for.
Prayer for November
Eternal rest
Eternal rest, grant unto them O Lord,
And let perpetual light shine upon them.
May they rest in peace.
Amen