As I am sure you know by now our Holy Father Pope Francis has designated 2025 as a Jubilee Year of Hope. Our hope is centered not on the things of the world but rather on the person of Jesus Christ. He is Son of God Son of Mary Savior of the world a Light no darkness can extinguish. Because of the Resurrection of Jesus we can be a people of hope. A people who know that Jesus walks with us on our pilgrim journey of faith in this life.
Pope Francis wrote in announcing the Jubilee Year of Hope that: “Now the time has come for a new Jubilee when once more the Holy Door will be flung open to invite everyone to an intense experience of the love of God that awakens in hearts the sure hope of salvation in Christ.” Certainly not all of us will be able to go on pilgrimage to Rome. Fortunately we don’t have to travel thousands of miles to go on a pilgrimage. Bishop Koenig has designated several holy sites in our diocese that we can visit to make a Jubilee Year of Hope pilgrimage. These sites are all located in our diocese and can be visited fairly easily. Afew are close by and a few are a bit further away. However they are all within a two-hour drive and can help lift our hearts and minds in hope towards Almighty God.
The Jubilee sites in our diocese are: Cathedral of St. Peter in Wilmington; St. Francis de Sales in Salisbury; St. Christopher in Chester MD; St. Jude the Apostle in Lewes; St. Ann in Wilmington; Immaculate Heart of Mary in Wilmington; and Holy Cross in Dover. I would encourage all of us during the coming months to make a pilgrimage a journey of faith to one or more of these designated churches. I plan on doing a bus pilgrimage to several of the pilgrimage sites. Please be sure to read the bulletin as they will be announced there. Plan on joining us during the Jubilee Year of Hope so that all of us can grow in faith hope and love.
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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
forever. Amen.
Amen.
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