Official Prayer Resources
Following the Year of the Council, Pope Francis indicated that 2024 be a Year of Prayer. In his to letter written on 11 February 2022, to the Pro-prefect, Archbishop Rino Fisichella, the Pope wrote: “From now on I am happy to think that the year preceding the Jubilee event, 2024, will be dedicated to a great ‘symphony’ of prayer. First of all, to recover the desire to be in the presence of the Lord, to listen to him and adore him.”
For more information on the Year of Prayer and resources available from the Jubilee Office please consult the web link below.
https://www.iubilaeum2025.va/en/giubileo-2025/verso-il-giubileo/2024-anno-della-preghiera.html
38 Catechesis on Prayer by Pope Francis
In 2020 and 2021, Pope Francis delivered 38 Catecheses on Prayer at his Wednesday General Audiences. They are available on the Vatican website at the links below.
Catechesis of Pope Benedict XVI on Prayer
A Great Symphony of Prayer: The Our Father as a Programme of Life - Webinar Series – Spring 2024
In spring 2024, the CCCB Ad hoc Committee for the Preparation for the Jubilee 2025 hosted the first part of a two-part webinar series titled, “A Great Symphony of Prayer”, enabling the faithful one meaningful way to participate in the Year of Prayer which was announced by Pope Francis on 21 January 2024.
The Jubilee Office in Rome prepared a series of booklets on prayer, the themes of which were taken up during the webinar series.
For each official language, the Committee planned one four-part webinar series in the spring and one more four-part webinar series in the fall of 2024.
Dr. Josephine Lombardi (St. Augustine’s Seminary) presented the first four of eight English-language webinars on prayer for the Spring 2024 Series: “A Great Symphony of Prayer: The Our Father as a Programme of Life”:
These webinar sessions were recorded and are now available for individuals or groups viewing in person or online. To facilitate reflection or discussion around the webinars, the Office for Evangelization and Catechesis has prepared this Guide for viewers with reflection questions excerpted from Dr. Lombardi’s book, On Earth as it is in Heaven.
A Great Symphony of Prayer: Mary, the Saints and Scripture Webinar Series – Fall 2024
The Fall 2024 webinar series, “A Great Symphony of Prayer: Mary, the Saints and Scripture” hosted by CCCB Ad hoc Committee for the Preparation for the Jubilee 2025 is one meaningful way for the faithful to participate in the Year of Prayer, which was announced by Pope Francis on 21 January 2024.
Dr. Josephine Lombardi (St. Augustine’s Seminary) presents the Fall Series: “A Great Symphony of Prayer: Mary, the Saints and Scripture”
A Great Symphony of Prayer: Mary, the Saints and Scripture – Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
