Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples/Señor, enséñamos a orar, así como Juan enseñó a sus discipulos—Luke 11:1
2025 is a Jubilee year: a Jubilee year is a year of “great spiritual, ecclesial, and social significance in the life of the Church,” a year focused on forgiveness and reconciliation. To prepare us for the Jubilee last month Pope Francis announced 2024 to be a year of prayer.
Prayer is important, and with having a year specially devoted to a focus on prayer, it will help the Jubilee be "an event that spiritually enriches the life of the Church and the entire people of God, becoming a concrete sign of hope,” said Monsignor Rino Fisichella, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization.
In his announcement for the Year of Prayer Pope Francis hopes this year before the Jubilee will become a “symphony” of prayer. He then listed some reasons why prayer is important: Prayer, above all else, to renew our desire to be in the presence of the Lord, to listen to him and to adore him. Prayer, moreover, to thank God for the many gifts of his love for us and to praise his work in creation, which summons everyone to respect it and to take concrete and responsible steps to protect it. Prayer as the expression of a single “heart and soul” (cf. Acts 4:32), which then translates into solidarity and the sharing of our daily bread. Prayer that makes it possible for every man and woman in this world to turn to the one God and to reveal to him what lies hidden in the depths of their heart. Prayer as the royal road to holiness, which enables us to be contemplative even in the midst of activity. In a word, may it be an intense year of prayer in which hearts are opened to receive the outpouring of God’s grace and to make the “Our Father,” the prayer Jesus taught us, the life program of each of his disciples.
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God Bless,
Mrs. Alhadef
Campus Minister
5th Grade Aide