


In preparation for the Jubilee Year "Pilgrims of Hope", taking place in 2025, Pope Francis has designated 2024 as the Year of Prayer, with a particular emphasis on the Our Father. This gives us a significant opportunity to revisit the basics of prayer, and for us to become even more a people of prayer.
For Prayer resources linked to the Our Father, please click the icons below.

Dei Verbum: A Reflection
~ St. Andrew's Deanery
Towards the Jubilee (2025)
Official Hymn for the Jubilee Year
Vatican Documents
We have been asked to revisit and promote the documents of Vatican II in preparation for the Holy Year. Fr Tom Magill has produced some videos on the four major themes of the Council, and we have provided links to them. These are suitable for parish discussions or individual use.
Introduction Video

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



