Chapter 25 of the Book of Leviticus describes the origin of the Jubilee Year. It is a holy event. One of the practices is to let no one wrong one's brother or sister, especially in the settling of rights, fields and harvests. However, it was more than just a transactional dealing but more about restoring a broken or strained relationship.

In Matthew, he narrated how Herod had wronged John the Baptist by giving in to the promptings of Herodias. Moreover, he was not able to take back the oaths he had sworn in front of his guests. Herod's pride and lust wronged the chosen prophet, John the Baptist, who spoke the uncomfortable truth that eventually snuffed out the life of an innocent man. Now, 2025 is the Jubilee Year of Hope. In my pious celebration of the Jubilee Year of Hope, I have to consider more than just devotions and prayer. I have to reflect on my pride and lust, other personal sins, lack of care for the ones I come into contact with, systemic injustice and devastation to creation. What role have I played in reducing these contagions of sin? And what can I do to help alleviate some of these injustices, whether to humans or the earth?