Pope Francis: pray for your clergy this Jubilee for
Priests
(Vatican Radio) At the
General Audience Wednesday, Pope Francis recalled that Friday, 3 June, the
Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus which
he said this year “is enriched by the Jubilee for Priests.”
Pray the Sacred Heart of
Jesus for your priests in June
“I invite everyone to pray
the Heart of Jesus for the entire month of June and to support with closeness
and affection your priests so that they always reflect the image of that Heart
full of merciful love,” the Pope said.
The Jubilee for Priests falls
on the 160° anniversary of the institution of the Feast of the Most Sacred
Heart of Jesus, introduced in 1856 by Pope Pius IX.
To celebrate their Jubilee in
Rome, on Wednesday clergy and seminarians from around the world began the first
of three days of prayer and reflection 1-3 June with pilgrimages to the Jubilee
churches: S. Salvatore in Lauro, S. Maria in Vallicella (Chiesa Nuova) and S.
Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini.
In a note, the Holy See Press
Office said that some 6,000 priests and seminarians “are already present for
this Jubilee” in Rome.
Events will provide
opportunities for them to reflect and mediate together on the Word of God, to
adore the Most Blessed Sacrament, to receive the Sacrament of Penance and
Reconciliation, and to make a pilgrimage through the Holy Door of St. Peter’s
Basilica.
Pope to offer mediations
for televised spiritual retreat Thursday
On Thursday, Pope Francis
will offer three meditations for a spiritual retreat on the theme of “the Good
Shepherd: the priest as a minister of mercy and compassion, close to his people
and servant of all.”
Pope Francis will take part
in Thursday’s retreat with stops in the three Papal Basilicas: St. John
Lateran, Saint Mary Major and Saint Paul’s Outside the Walls (10:00, 12:00 noon
and 4pm respectively). The Basilicas will be connected via video link
throughout the day so that priests present can follow the entire day’s
meditations.
“The great novelty” of the
Jubilee, said the Holy See Press Office, is that, thanks to the Vatican
Television Center which will film the event, the public will be able to follow
Pope Francis’ meditations for the clergy 2 June on major national and
international Catholic television networks and in streaming on the official
Jubilee of Mercy website: www.im.va .
Streamed video will be offered in the original Italian and with simultaneous
translations in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German and Polish.
Among Catholic stations to
broadcast the event in the U.S. are EWTN and BCTV.
The Jubilee celebrations will
conclude with a Holy Mass presided by the Holy Father on Friday 3 June in St.
Peter’s Square.
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