Pastoral Handbook

XII 24 hours for the Lord

Pope Francis has chosen for the twelfth edition of 24 HOURS FOR THE LORD a particularly significant motto in this year of the Ordinary Jubilee of 2025: “You are my hope” (Ps. 71:5). Each Jubilee has its own particular way of being lived, both because of the historical context and because of the profound nature of its content and the concrete way of realizing it according to the Holy Father's intention, which is particularly expressed in the Bull of Indiction. Jubilee 2025 is set in the light of, “Spes non confundit,” “Hope does not disappoint,” taken from the Letter of St. Paul to the Romans. This Holy Year will therefore be the Jubilee of Hope, in which everyone, wherever they are in the world, will be invited to become “Pilgrims of Hope.”

This handbook is intended to offer some suggestions to help parishes and Christian communities prepare to experience this initiative. These are, of course, suggestions that can be adapted according to local needs and customs.

The purpose of the event is to put the sacrament of reconciliation back at the center of the pastoral life of the Church, and consequently, of our communities, parishes, and all ecclesial realities. This is the centre of the Gospel message: the Mercy of God, which gives us the certainty that before the Lord no one will find a judge, but rather will find a father who welcomes him, consoles him and also shows him the way to renewal.

H.E. Msgr. Rino Fisichella

Contents:

1. Jubilee: The Hope of Forgiveness, H.E. Archbishop Rino Fisichella

2. How to Obtain the Indulgence during the Holy Year

3. Lectio Divina “You are my hope” (Ps. 71:5), P. Salvatore Maurizio Sessa mdm

4. The Rite of the Sacrament of Reconciliation

5. 24 hours for the Lord in the Jubilee of the Missionaries of Mercy

6. Pastoral Proposal – Vigil