Meaning of Jesus year | Babel Free

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The year of a person's life when they are 33 years old, said to coincide with achieving success and personal growth.

Examples

“It's not insignificant that on the last day of her Jesus Year, Ms. Sundel ended her blog post by quoting Silicon Valley icon Steve Jobs, who consistently interrupted his business ventures to embark upon spiritual quests: "You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever."”

“The 'Jesus Year' is now also becoming the age in which young people – not necessarily only Christians, but everyone in this multicultural society – decide it's time to get serious about life, time to accomplish something.”

“While we could have gone to Vegas or New Orleans for our birthdays, Rob thought it would be special to spend the opening days of our Jesus years on a pilgrimage of sorts and go somewhere we never would have expected to go.”

“I could say it started when I turned 33—my Jesus year, the year I vowed to transcend anxiety and exhaustion and do my most important work, the year I would emerge from my cave of pandemic isolation and early parenthood and couples therapy as the second coming of myself.”

“Instead, at age 33, Swift has had a “Jesus year” that has found her ascending to almost godlike heights, showcasing her catalog at Springsteen-like lengths and still leaving fans with plenty of surprise-song FOMO.”

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