KNOWING MORE ABOUT THE YEAR OF MERCY
A Talk presented to the Children of the Cathedral of the Twelve Apostles, Diplomatic Zone, Central Area, Abuja on
This is the logo for the Holy Year of Mercy, which opens Dec. 8 and runs until Nov. 20, 2016. (CNS/courtesy of Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization) See JUBILEE-MERCY May 5, 2015.
Sunday 28th February, 2016 on “Understanding the Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy at Your Level”
Rev. Fr. Christopher Nnubia
Introduction
We shall discuss the following points in this reflection:
- What is Jubilee Year?
- Kinds of Jubilee Year
- Children and the Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy: What is their concern?
- Activities of this Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy
- The Logo and Motto of the Extraordinary Year of Mercy
- Appeal
- What is Jubilee Year?
The concept of the Jubilee is a special year of remission of sins and universal pardon. A Jubilee or Holy Year is a year of forgiveness of sins and also the punishment due to sin. It is a year of reconciliation between enemies, of conversion and receiving the Sacrament of Reconciliation, “…and consequently of solidarity, hope, justice, commitment to serve God with joy and in peace with our brothers and sisters.”(“What is a Holy Year?”, Vatican, 17 February, 1997). In Book of Leviticus, a Jubilee year is mentioned to occur every fiftieth year, in which slaves and prisoners would be freed, debts would be forgiven and the mercies of God would be particularly manifest, (Leviticus 25: 1-4, 8-10). In the Church, the tradition dates to 1300, when Pope Boniface VIII convoked a holy year. Jubilees generally involve pilgrimage to holy places
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