As pilgrims embarking on the Jubilee Year, let us place our unwavering hope in the Merciful Heart of Christ and ask for a spirit of optimism —both in our personal relationship with Him and in our personal apostolate of friendship with which we try to support the Church’s mission of spreading the Gospel.

Bibliography: 

Pope Francis, Spes Non Confundit, Bull of Indiction of the Ordinary Jubilee of the Year 2025.
Pope Francis, Encyclical letter Dilexit nos, 24-X-2024.
St. Josemaria Escriva, The Christians's Hope, homily in Friends of God.