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Luce (Italian: lit. ' Light ') is the official mascot of the Catholic Church's 2025 Jubilee.Designed by tokidoki founder Simone Legno, she represents a Catholic pilgrim.She is accompanied by a pet dog named Santino and three friends named Fe, Xin, and Sky.
Catholic jubilees, particularly in the Latin Church, generally involve a pilgrimage to a sacred site, normally the city of Rome. The most recent holy year was the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2015–2016). The present ordinary Jubilee Year of Hope commenced on 24 December 2024.
The 2025 Jubilee is a jubilee in the Catholic Church celebrated in the year 2025, announced by Pope John Paul II at the end of the 2000 Great Jubilee. [1] This jubilee was preceded by the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy of 2015–2016. [2] The papal bull proclaiming the Jubilee is "Spes non confundit" (Latin for "Hope does not disappoint"). [3]
Vestments in different liturgical colours. Liturgical colours are specific colours used for vestments and hangings within the context of Christian liturgy.The symbolism of violet, blue, white, green, red, gold, black, rose, and other colours may serve to underline moods appropriate to a season of the liturgical year or may highlight a special occasion.
The Church of England observes this time between All Saints and Advent Sunday. In some traditions, what in the Roman Rite is the first period of Ordinary Time is called Epiphanytide (beginning on Epiphany Day in the Anglican Communion and Methodist churches) [9] and from Trinity Sunday to Advent is called Trinitytide. [10]
The Church of England, Mother Church of the Anglican Communion, uses a liturgical year that is in most respects identical to that of the 1969 Catholic Common Lectionary. While the calendars contained within the Book of Common Prayer and the Alternative Service Book (1980) have no "Ordinary Time", Common Worship (2000) adopted the ecumenical ...
In most cases, the candle will display several common symbols: The cross, which is the most prominent symbol and most clearly identifies it as the Paschal candle; The Greek letters alpha and omega, which symbolize that God is the beginning and the end (from the Book of Revelation) The numerals of the current year between the arms of the cross
Early symbols similar to the Chi Rho were the Staurogram and the IX monogram (). In pre-Christian times, the Chi-Rho symbol was also used to mark a particularly valuable or relevant passage in the margin of a page, abbreviating chrēston (good). [3] Some coins of Ptolemy III Euergetes (r. 246–222 BC) were marked with a Chi-Rho. [4]