Below: Jubilee 2000 Prayer Card To Be Prayed With "Mary," "The Star Of Evangelism"

SOURCE:

http://www.veritas.org.sg/yr2000.html - (Link no longer active)

My Dear people of God,

I greet you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

We are called to be disciples of Christ with a purpose - to enjoy eternal life here and hereafter.

We are sent by Christ on a mission - to help as many people as possible to have this eternal life.

We are fast approaching the year 2000. Let us make it a very special year, a landmark in the history of the Church. Let it be the dawn of a new era. For years, our Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, has been referring to it in most of his letters and speeches. He calls it the Jubilee Year. The Jubilee Year is a Holy Year to celebrate the Blessings of God, a year of spiritual renewal for the whole Church.

This Jubilee Year will be the 2000th birthday of Jesus. As such it calls for great celebration. For no person in history has made such an impact on the peoples of the world for the past 2000 years as Jesus. The Pope invites us to make this 2000th birthday of Jesus an occasion to create a new world, a new civilisation of peace and justice and love based on the life and teaching of Jesus himself.

His invitation is found in a letter called "The coming of the Third Millennium" that he wrote to the whole Church.

The Year 2000 has to be a celebration of our faith within the Church and with those outside the Church. It has to be a year when all Christians will strive to be united as much as we can to show the world our love for God and for one another and people in general. It has to be an occasion when with converted hearts we try to break every barrier that separates us from one another. It must be an event when as many as possible can experience the saving love of Jesus. It must be a time when the culture of death is replaced with the culture of life where everyone strives for what is beautiful, noble, excellent, good and true. The Pope dreams of this time as an age of universal peace and unity among mankind.

The Holy Father appeals to all catholics and christians alike to prepare in a fitting manner for the Year 2000. He has given us guidelines to prepare for this historic moment.

In Singapore, we have decided to respond to the invitation of the Holy Father. We have set up a committee to plan for us systematically the preparations needed for the Year 2000. Our first step is to pray to God to help and bless us in our preparations. You will receive a prayer-card that will be distributed in all churches in Singapore. please pray daily for a grace-filled preparation for and a Spirit-filled celebration of the year 2000.

My prayerfill hope is that all of us (priests, religious and laity in Singapore) will unite in our efforts to prepare for the great Jubilee Year.Let us pool our resources to benefit all through the gifts that God gives us to show the world the redeeming power of Jesus. May the Year 2000 be a time of renewed vitality and abundant growth in the history of the Church in Singapore and all over the world.

May Mary, the mother of Jesus, intercede for us, asking God to bless us all as we journey with faith, hope and love towards the Year 2000.

Your devoted archbishop,
Gregory Yong