Some Special Proposals for the Year
# HOLY DOOR OF MERCY
I am the door and only through me can one go to the Father, promised the Lord. I will enter his gates with thanksgiving in my heart, I will enter his courts with praise!
The Holy Father invites us to enter the holy door of mercy, through which we can experience the love of God who consoles, pardons, and instils hope.
It is not a magical act that we enter the door and the mercies of the Lord get sprayed all over us! The Holy Father bases himself on a solid theological background as he announces this traditional invitation in these post modern times. There is a threefold condition that enables one to receive the mercy of the Lord efficaciously.
First condition is Faith, that is a filial trust in the Father and a fraternal relationship with the Son, united in the Spirit.
The second condition is Preparation, preparing oneself through the sacrament of Reconciliation and a well received communion.
The third condition is the union with the intention of the Universal faith community, the Church.
With these three conditions when a faithful makes a conscious spiritual exercise of entering the specially consecrated door, the person receives an indulgence, that is the grace of salvific forgiveness for oneself and for the souls in the purgatory.
It is indeed an uplifting experience to engage in such a pilgrimage to enter this door and find the solace that God has in store for us.
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