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«Davanti alla Porta Santa», article published in Tertium Millennium, publication of the Central Committee for the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000, Rome (February 1, 2000) |
The Holy Door is Jesus Christ: “I am the door; if anyone enters by me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture” (Jn 10:9). The Jubilee Year places us before that door, before the Son of God made man, so that man can become a child of God. This door is not an escape hatch, but the only entrance to a new life, strengthened by the good pasture of the Word of Christ and his own Body, our nourishment in the Eucharist.
Let us rejoice, because we have all been invited; let us knock at this door (Lk 11:9), which opens to those who repent of their sins. He does not reject anyone. God’s mercy invites every man and woman in the world: come, approach the light and the love of Jesus Christ and you will be the new creature that you desire in the depths of your soul. Don’t put off your conversion a moment longer. Abandon your old life and step through the door of hope.
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