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 The Millennium
2000 Anno Domini

Calender of the Holy Year 2000

Our Lady of Guadalupe: A Guide for the New Millennium
 
Jubilee Indulgences

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 OUR LADY OF THE MILLENNIUM
Marian Prayer of Pope John Paul II
Mother of the Redeemer
With great joy we call you blessed.
In order to carry out His plan of salvation,
God the Father chose you before the creation of the
world.
The Son of God desired you for His Mother
When He became man to save the human race.
You received Him with ready obedience and
undivided heart.
The Holy Spirit loved you as His mystical spouse
And filled you with singular gifts.
You allowed yourself to be led
By His hidden and powerful action.
On the eve of the third Christian Millennium,
We entrust to you the Church which
Acknowledges you and invokes you as Mother.
To you, Mother of the human family and of the
nations,
We confidently entrust the whole of humanity
With its hopes and fears.
Do not let it lack the light of true wisdom.
Guide its steps in the ways of peace.
Enable all to meet Christ,
The Way and the Truth and the Life.
Sustain us, 0 Virgin Mary, on our journey of faith
And obtain for us the grace of eternal salvation.
0 clement, 0 loving, 0 sweet Mother of God
And our Mother, Mary!

Prayer of his Holiness Pope John Paul II
for the third year of preparation for the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000
 

GOD, CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH,
FATHER OF JESUS AND OUR  FATHER

Blessed are you, Lord,
Father in heaven,
who, in your infinite mercy,
stooped down to us in our distress
and gave us Jesus, your Son, born of a woman,
to be our Saviour and friend, our brother and redeemer.
We thank you, good Father,
for the gift of the Jubilee Year;
make it a time of favour for us,
the year of a great return to the father' s house,
where, full of love, you await your straying children
to embrace them in your forgiveness
and welcome them to your table,
in their festive garments.

We praise you, Father, forever!

Father most merciful,
during this Holy Year
may our love for you and for our neigbour
grow ever stronger:
may Christ's disciples promote justice and peace;
may they proclaim the Good News to the poor;
and may the Church, our Mother, direct her love
especially to the little ones and the neglected.

We praise you, Father, forever!

Father of justice,
may the Great Jubilee be the fitting time
for all Catholics to rediscover
the joy of living, by your Word
and obeying, your Will;
may they know the goodness of fraternal communion,
as they break bread together
and praise you in hymns and inspired songs.

We praise you, Father, forever!

 Father, rich in mercy,
may the holy Jubilee be a time of openness,
of dialogue and encounter,
among all who believe in Christ
and with the followers of other religions:
in your immense love,
be bountiful in mercy to all.

We praise you, Father, forever!

0 God, Almighty Father,
as we make our way to you,
our ultimate destiny,
may all your children experience
the gentle company of Mary most holy,
image of purest love,
whom you chose to be Mother of Christ
and Mother of the Church.

We praise you, Father, forever!

To you, Father of life,
eternal source of all that is,
highest good and everlasting light
be honour and glory, praise and thanksgiving,
with the Son and with the Spirit
for ages unending.  Amen.

                                                                        Ioannes Paulus PP. II

Calender of the Holy Year 2000

Our Lady of Guadalupe: A Guide for the New Millennium
 
Jubilee Indulgences


 

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