Sunday of the Word of God, 26 January 2025

As part of this year’s Jubilee of Hope, this Sixth Annual Sunday of the Word of God (26 January 2025) invites us to reflect on the theme: “I hope in your Word” (Ps 119:74). God’s Word is steadfast and powerful, accomplishing all it promises (Isaiah 55:11). In Jesus, the living Word of God (John 1:14), we find our ultimate hope (1 Tim 1:1). God’s presence is inseparable from His Word, offering an unfailing source of hope and renewal. In this year of hopeful Jubilee, open the Scriptures and rediscover the life-changing power of God’s promise.

The celebration of the Sunday of the Word of God invites us all to embrace the living and transformative power of Scripture.

A PRAYER AS WE CELEBRATE THIS YEAR’S SUNDAY OF THE WORD OF GOD

Father of light, we praise you and bless you for all the signs of your love.

You have made us, your children, to be born again by water and the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mother Church and now you call us to listen and proclaim the Word that saves.

May Jesus Christ who is your Word made man, lead us to the knowledge of the mystery that is concealed from the learned and the intelligent and revealed to little ones.

Grant that we may open our hearts to understand the meaning of the Holy Scriptures.

Let us become living witnesses to the Gospel which we will read from these books.

May Mary, Mother of Wisdom, intercede for us, who first received into her womb the Word made flesh.

May your Holy Spirit grant each of us the grace to collaborate in simplicity and joy for the proclamation of your Word, to the glory of your name.

Through Christ our Lord.

Adapted from resources provided by the Dicastery for Evangelisation in Rome for the Sixth Sunday of the Word of God, 26 January 2025