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Saint Benedict Partnership Mass 2025  

On Friday 11 July, to celebrate the Feastday of St Benedict and patron of our Partnership,  Mass and our pilgrimage to the Holy Door, took place at the Cathedral Church of St Mary, Newcastle on a glorious summer day.

 

                                                            The Holy Door

                    

Fr Michael Griffiths and Deacon Tony Joy led us through the Holy Door and then proceeded to celebrate a wonderful Mass. 

                    
                    

                                                             Some of the Parnership Pilgrims!        

                         

                         

   The Jubilee prayer

   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.

Official prayer from Pope Francis for the Jubilee year 2025, "Pilgrims of hope"