US Bishops Underscore Virtue of Hope as 2025 Jubilee Year Closes in Dioceses

Amid poinsettias and sparkling Christmas trees, Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis told Catholics gathered December 28 at the Cathedral of St. Paul that the promise of the 2025 Jubilee of Hope did not disappoint, as the Church focused on mercy and conversion.

In his homily, Archbishop Hebda referred to the gleaming crosier he held, recently refurbished after being discovered in a St. Paul scrapyard earlier this year. He called it “an icon for all of us … of what it is that we hope to experience in the Jubilee Year, in that we find we have this opportunity to experience the treasures of the Catholic Church, and we’re given that opportunity for renewal.”

The crosier, an ornate shepherd’s staff that is one of the symbols of a bishop’s office, fortified its rescuer’s waning Catholic faith, Archbishop Hebda said. He added that with the graces of the Holy Year, “We hope that all of us have had the chance to be shined up, to look better, to be ready, and indeed to be instruments of hope” willing to share Christ-centered hope with others.

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(Photo Courtesy: OSV News photo/courtesy John Rueda, Archdiocese of Los Angeles)