The USCCB’s Committee on Divine Worship has announced the publication of liturgical prayers for Mass in the Jubilee Year in English, Spanish, and Latin. These texts include presidential prayers, three full Mass formularies, a set of Lectionary readings, five sets of tropes for Penitential Act C, and four sets of introductions, responses, and conclusions for the Universal Prayer. This Mass can be offered whenever special jubilee celebrations are held in the parish, at which the priest-celebrant should wear the color of the day or the liturgical time. As was previously noted in the September 2024 edition of the Liturgy Update, the jubilee year begins on Christmas Eve at the Vatican and on the Feast of the Holy Family (Sunday, December 29, 2024) in dioceses around the world.
The Committee has also indicated that the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments has confirmed the proper liturgical texts for several optional memorials which have been added to the General Roman Calendar in recent years. These include the optional memorials of the three newest Doctors of the Church – Saint Gregory of Narek (February 27), Saint John De Avila (May 10), and Saint Hildegard of Bingen (September 17) – and the memorial of Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus (July 29).
The texts are now available on the USCCB website at the following links:
• Saint Gregory of Narek (February 27)
• Saint John De Avila (May 10)