of the Great Jubilee
of the Year 2000
He became our companion on life's path and
gave new
meaning to our history, the journey we
make together in toil
and suffering, in faithfulness and love,
towards the new heaven
and the new earth where You, once death
has been
vanquished, will be all in all.
Praise and glory to You,
Most Holy Trinity,
you alone are God most
high!
By your grace, O Father, may the Jubilee
Year be a
time of deep conversion and of joyful return
to
you. May it be a time of reconciliation
between
people, and of peace restored among nations,
a
time when swords are beaten into ploughshares
and the clash of arms gives way to songs
of peace.
Father, grant that we may live this Jubilee
Year
docile to the voice of the Spirit, faithful
to the
way of Christ, diligent in listening to
your Word
and in approaching the wellsprings of grace.
Praise and glory to You,
Most Holy Trinity,
you alone are God most
high!
Father, by the power of the Spirit, strengthen
the
Church's commitment to the new evangelization
and guide our steps along the pathways
of the world
to proclaim Christ by our lives, and to
direct our earthly
pilgrimage towards the City of heavenly
light.
May Christ's followers show forth their
love for the poor
and the oppressed; may they be one with
those in need
and abound in works of mercy; may they
be
compassionate towards all, that they themselves
may obtain indulgence and forgiveness from
you.
Praise and glory to You,
Most Holy Trinity,
you alone are God most
high!
Father, grant that your Son's disciples,
purified in
memory and acknowledging their failings,
may be one,
that the world may believe. May dialogue
between the
followers of the great religious expand
and may all people
discover the joy of being your children.
May the intercession of Mary, Mother of
your faithful
people, in union with the prayers of the
Apostles, the
Christian martyrs, and the righteous of
every people and
every age, make the Holy Year a time of
renewed hope and
of joy in the Spirit for each of us and
for the whole Church.
Praise and glory to You,
Most Holy Trinity,
you alone are God most
high!
To you, Almighty Father, Creator of the
universe
and of mankind, through Christ, the Living
One,
Lord of time and history, in the Spirit
who makes
all things holy, be praise and honour and
glory
now and for ever. Amen!
--Joannes Paulus II
