2024 Year of Prayer in Preparation for 2025 Jubilee Year

"Prayer is the breath of faith" (Pope Francis). The theme of the 2025 Jubilee Year is "Pilgrims of Hope."  In the video at the link below, Bishop Vásquez invites all to set aside time for daily prayer:

• Prayers in thanksgiving for what the Lord has done for us;
• Prayers in thanksgiving for the gift He has yet to impart; 
• Prayers for our own personal intentions;
• Prayers for the intentions of our families, friends, and coworkers; and
• Prayers for our wounded world.

"It is only through Christ that we find solace through his redeeming work" (Bishop Vásquez). Let us unite our prayers with the prayers of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Here is the link to Bishop Vásquez's message to the faithful people of God in the Diocese of Austin: https://austindiocese.org/jubilee-2025.

Here is the text for "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.