His Holiness has announced "an extraordinary Jubilee, a Holy Year of Mercy". Pope Francis invites us to live this Holy Year in the Light of Jesus's words:
"Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful (Lk. 6:36). The Holy Mother Church will start this Holy Year of Mercy on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, December 8, 2015. May we experience God's mercy abundanly and share it with one another as we go on in our journey of faith.
PRAYER FOR THE YEAR OF MERCY
Lord Jesus Christ, you have taught us to be merciful like the heavenly Father, and have told us that whoever sees you sees God. show us your face and we will be saved. you are the visible face of the invisible Father, of the God who manifest his power above all by forgiveness and mercy: the the Church be your visible face in the world. Send your Spirit and consecrate every one of us with its anointing so that the Jubiliee of Mercy may be a year of grace from the Lord, and your Church, with renewed enthusiasm, may bring good news to the poor, proclaim liberty to captives and the oppressed, and restore sight to the blind. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.