Word of God Sunday 2025

In September 2019, Pope Francis instituted the celebration of Word of God Sunday when issuing the apostolic letter Aperuit Illis (External site). The letter encouraged the celebration, study and dissemination of the Word of God. Pope Francis instituted the celebration of Sunday of the Word of God, to be held every year on the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time. In 2025, it will be celebrated on the weekend of January 25/26.

Recalling the importance given by the Second Vatican Council to rediscovering Sacred Scripture for the life of the Church, Pope Francis explained the celebration has “ecumenical value, since the Scriptures point out, for those who listen, the path to authentic and firm unity.”

Word of God Sunday resources are available on https://www.dioceseofmeath.ie/word-of-god