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Jubileo especial 2025
¿Qué es el Jubileo?
El término "Jubileo" procede de una fraseología del instrumento con el que se señala. Este instrumento es el yobel, o cuerno de carnero, estándar para anunciar el Día de la Expiación (Yom Kippur). La festividad relativa a esta observancia (judía) cae normalmente en tiempos ordinarios, pero para establecer un año como Jubileo, debe tener lugar en varias instancias. El texto más antiguo sobre el año tendría cada quincuagésimo año aplicado como un año "extra" subsiguiente a siete series de siete años o siete veces siete, o cuarenta y nueve años (compare "Y contarás siete sábados", etc., Levítico 25:8-13). Hizo falta un esfuerzo formidable para realizarlo, pero el Jubileo se concibió como un tiempo para renovar las relaciones justas con Dios, los unos con los otros y con toda la creación; incluiría el perdón de las deudas, la devolución de las tierras malversadas y dejar los campos en barbecho.
Descriptions of Jesus’ mission in The Gospel of Luke echo words taken from the prophet Isaiah: “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to captives and freedom to prisoners and to proclaim an acceptable year of the Lord” (Luke 4:18-19; cf. Isaiah 61:1-2). Through his daily relations and contacts, Jesus brings liberation and change. Jesus continues to offer liberation, change, and emancipation to all but at an acceptable year of the Lord and hence emancipation.
In 1300 Pope Boniface XIII launched the first Holy Year, known as Jubilee. For the Holy Years, it is a time for individuals to transform themselves through God's holiness. Over the years, Holy Years have grown; at first, it was every century. However, in 1343, Pope Clement VI cut it to fifty years; in 1470, Pope Paul II trimmed it to twenty-five years. Sometimes there have been extraordinary Holy Years, such as the year 1933, to mark the nineteen hundredth year after Redemption was achieved. Pope Francis had declared the Year of Mercy as an extraordinary jubilee in the year 2015. Over time, the observance of Jubilee Years has changed too: initially, it was a simple pilgrimage to the Roman Basilicas of St. Peter and St. Paul but was later extended and evolved through the addition of more and more symbols — the Holy Year enables a plenary indulgence.