The Church marks the sixth Sunday of the Word of God on January 26, 2025, a day instituted by Pope Francis on September 30, 2019 in his Apostolic Letter Aperuit Illis, to emphasize the significance of Sacred Scripture. The theme for this year’s edition is taken from the Psalms: “I hope in Your Word.” It will be celebrated in St Peter’s Basilica in the presence of Pope Francis as an integral part of the Jubilee Year.
The Sunday of the Word of God is a profoundly pastoral initiative with which Pope Francis wants to make it clear how important it is in the daily life of the Church and our communities to refer to the Word of God, a Word that is not confined to a book, but which remains ever alive and becomes a concrete and tangible sign.
The motto chosen by the Holy Father for the 2025 edition, within the Jubilee Year, is a verse from Psalm 119, “I hope in your Word”. It is a cry of hope: man, in a moment of anguish, tribulation, and confusion, cries out to God and puts all his hope in him.