The Church Will Celebrate a Year of Jubilee in 2025. What Does this Mean for Our Spiritual Life?

The Church Will Celebrate a Year of Jubilee in 2025. What Does this Mean for Our Spiritual Life? She spent most of her wealth and still suffered. There is something familiar with that statement. The Homily continues and asks the saints in the pew . . . do you believe the Gospel that was just read about the raising of a little girl from the dead? The audience said yes. The readings are important. After believing the Gospel, the audience is then asked . . . what do we do with that belief? Christians often believe the Gospel. But, belief by itself does not get us anywhere . . . unless it is completed in some way! A Year of Hope in 2025 Soon, the Church will be celebrating something special. Every twenty-five years, the Church celebrates a moment of Jubilee. . . it is a moment of grace. It is a year of rejoicing! Beginning with the coming year (2025), this special grace liturgically starts in December. It is a year of Jubilee . . . again, a moment of grace. It is not simply to be believed in . . . but, looked forward to its coming. The spiritual focus of this coming year . . . is one of hope! Find out what this all means for us, spiritually, by listening further to this Homily! Hope flows out of faith. Hope, in a real way, brings faith to completion. Sounds circular! Understand what that means! It is one thing to realize and believe that God is Good! It is another thing to look forward to the Goodness that God has for you! Faith and Hope It’s important to understand how they are coupled. Hope that doesn’t base itself upon Faith is . . . day dreaming. Faith that does not look forward to the Goodness in which it believes . . . goes nowhere! Understand what the Year of Jubilee Means for Our Spiritual Life. Listen to: The Church Will Celebrate a Year of Jubilee in 2025. What Does this Mean for Our Spiritual Life? -------------------------------- Image: Pilgrims Arriving at Rome during the Jubilee: French Painter: Claude Bonnefond: 1826 -------------------------------- Gospel Reading: Mark: 5: 21-43 First Reading: WIS: 1: 13-15; 2: 23-24