To Jesus Through Mary
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To Jesus Through Mary
To Jesus Through Mary
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To Jesus Through Mary
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The year of the jubilee
The Year of the Jubilee 2025: Pilgrims of Hope
The Holy Father has announced that 2025 will be a Jubilee Year, an event celebrated every 25 years. The theme for Jubilee 2025 is “Pilgrims of Hope,” and it will be a year of hope for a world suffering the impacts of war, the ongoing effects of COVID-19 pandemic, and the climate crisis.
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
YEAR OF GOING OUT ON MISSION
July 21, 2024 – Pentecost 2025
Having enkindled a missionary fire in the hearts of the American faithful, the Holy Spirit will send us out on mission to share the gift of our Eucharistic Lord as we enter the universal Church’s jubilee year in 2025.
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After the blessing, the deacon dismisses the people. The dismissal gives the liturgy its name. The word "Mass" comes from the Latin word, " Missa." At one time, the people were dismissed with the words " Ite, missa est," meaning "Go, you are sent. The word " Missa" comes from the word " missio," the root of the English word "mission." The liturgy does not simply come to an end.
Those assembled are sent forth to bring the fruits of the Eucharist to the world. (USCCB)
YEAR OF PARISH REVIVAL TIMELINE
June 11, 2023 – July 17, 2024 and beyond
The Revival is now reaching the pews! This year, after the Eucharistic Conference, is about fostering Eucharistic devotion at the parish level, strengthening our liturgical life through the faithful celebration of the Mass, Eucharistic adoration, missions, resources, preaching, and organic movements of the Holy Spirit. Find out about how parishes are answering the call.
Year of the Lord 2025
2024 was the Year of Prayer ahead of the 2025 Jubilee. May all Sodalists respond to the Holy Father's call for the faithful “to intensify prayer to prepare us to live well this event of grace and to experience the power of God’s hope.”
The Holy Father explained that the Year of Prayer is dedicated “to rediscovering the great value and absolute need for prayer, prayer in personal life, in the life of the Church, prayer in the world.”
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 the 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.
Events around the Archdiocese
- Daily Our Lady Queen of Peace invites all to join in the recitation of the rosary every evening at 8 PM on teleconference 712-832-8330, with access code 5245910#
- Evenings You are invited to pray the Rosary with the Council of Catholic Women Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington (CCW-RCADW) every evening at 8:00 p.m. (Eastern). Please join this community in prayer.
Ongoing Parishes encouraged to plan prayer: 33 Days to Morning Glory. (Join St. Michael the Archangel Sodality which started the 33-day journey on February 20th, celebrating The Total Consecration on the Feast of the Annunciation on March 25 at Mass to make the prayer of Total Consecration.)
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Words shared by Lynn Hill, St. Raphael's Prefect: [As we into delve into 33 Days of Morning Glory] I’m sure that you too are inspired by St. Louis de Montfort’s life His countless parish missions and the vicious persecution he underwent, as well as his “True Devotion to Mary” show his love for the Blessed Mother. I hope that we can go to Jesus through Mary, as have so many others who know St. Louis’ teaching.
Also inspiring is the passionate life of St. Maximillan Kolbe. This 20th Century saint was for years a successful missionary in Poland and Japan. Then shortly before his arrest by the Gestapo and his subsequent martyrdom, he wrote an enlightening paper about the Immaculate Conception.
Perhaps tales of the Militia Immaculata, which he started with fellow seminarians, will encourage us to follow the Immaculate Conception to her Son.
Let’s pray for each other as we continue on our journey.
- Ongoing Taping of TV Masses at National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC. Sodality Union parish Sodalities to share with us your plans to attend tapings of the TV Masses.
Sunday TV Mass airs every Sunday at 10:30 AM on WDCW-50
Blessings & Prayers
(All Sodalities are invited to share your news)
Season of Thanksgiving
Holy Father's Message
"During the Holy Year, "ay the light of Christian hope illumine every man and woman, as a message of God's love addressed to all! And may the Church bear faithful witness to this message in every part of the world!"
Pray the Rosary, which is "meant in a particular way to draw us into God's Mercy: at the Annunciation, at the Last Supper, at the Crucifixion, at Pentecost. Each mystery of the rosary is a particular gift of God's Mercy."
Fr. James M. Sullivan, O.P.
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