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53rd World Day of Peace, 1 January 2020

On 1 January 2020, the 53rd World Day of Peace, the Community of Sant’Egidio organized its annual March for Peace, supporting the message of Pope Francis: Peace as a journey of hope: dialogue, reconciliation and ecological conversion. “The world is our “common home” and we are all called to take care of it. There are too many wars still going on and those who suffer most of all are the poor. They have the right to peace through dialogue and reconciliation. We must also take care of all the lands wounded by the exploitation of nature that await an ecological conversion”. (Sant’Egidio)

As we step into the Jubilee Year from December 2024 to 2025,
let us invite God the Holy Spirit to enable us to be real pilgrims of Hope
in our communities and among the people we serve.

Father in heaven,
may the faith you have given us
in your son, Jesus Christ, our brother,
and the flame of charity enkindled
in our hearts by the Holy Spirit,
reawaken in us the blessed hope
for the coming of your Kingdom.

May your grace transform us
into tireless cultivators of the seeds of the Gospel.
May those seeds transform from within both humanity
and the whole cosmos
in the sure expectation
of a new heaven and a new earth,
when, with the powers of Evil vanquished,
your glory will shine eternally.

May the grace of the Jubilee
reawaken in us, Pilgrims of Hope,
a yearning for the treasures of heaven.
May that same grace spread
the joy and peace of our Redeemer
throughout the earth.
To you our God, eternally blessed,
be glory and praise for ever.
Amen (more…)