I am the gate...

I am the door. If anyone enters by me,

he will be saved and will go in and out
and find pasture.
The thief comes only to steal and kill
and destroy. I came that they may have
life and have it abundantly.
I am the good shepherd. The good
shepherd lays down his life for the
John 10:9-11 ESV
sheep.
“Jubilee” in church
tradition
In the Roman Catholic tradition, “Jubilee” is
synonymous to “Holy Year”

 It is a great religious event,

 a year of forgiveness of sins and also the
punishment due to sin,
 A year of reconciliation between adversaries,
 Of conversion and receiving the Sacrament of
Reconciliation,
 And consequently of solidarity, hope, justice,
commitment to serve God with joy and in peace
with our brothers and sisters.”
“A Jubilee year is, above all, the year of Christ,
who brings life and grace to humanity.” (Jubilee 2000
documents, February 17, 1997)
The Jubilee is called Holy Year, not only because
–

 “it begins, is marked, and ends with

solemn holy acts,
 but also because its purpose is to
encourage holiness of life.
 … convoked to –
 strengthen faith,
 encourage works of charity and
brotherly communion within the Church
and in society, and
 call Christians to be more sincere and
coherent in their faith in Christ, the only
Saviour.”
(Jubilee 2000 documents, February 17, 1997)
 Jubilee History
 1300: On Christmas 1299, in the wake of
much suffering from war and plague,
many people came to Rome, to repent at
the tombs of Sts. Peter and Paul. In
response, Pope Boniface VII proclaimed a
"year of forgiveness of all sins". 1300
was thus the first ordinary Jubilee year,
with the next jubilees every 100 years.
 Jubilee History
 1350: While the Apostolic See was in
Avignon, France (1305-1377), Pope Clement
VI called for a Jubilee every 50 years, Added
St. John Lateran to the Basilicas of Sts.
Peter and Paul to be visited by jubilee
pilgrims.
 Pope Urban VI increased frequency of
Jubilees to every thirty-three years, in
memory of the earthly life of Jesus.
 Jubilee History
 1390: When Pope Urban died, however, the
new Pope, Boniface IX opened the Holy Door
at Basilicas of Sts. Peter and Paul on
Christmas Eve 1390, with a second Holy Year
at Christmas 1400 due to the great numbers of
pilgrims
 Jubilee History
 1425: Pope Martin V proclaimed a Holy Year
25 years later (rather than 33), with a
commemorative Medal and the opening of the
first Holy Door at St. John Lateran.
 1470: Pope Paul II issued a bull fixing jubilee
frequency at every 25 years.
 1475: Pope Sixtus IV, ordered building of
Sistine Chapel and the Sixtus Bridge over the
Tiber for the Holy Year occasion.
 History of the Jubilee (con’t)
 Since 1475, ordinary jubilees were held every
25 years, the last being on the Jubilee of the
Year 2000, a celebration of the 2000th
anniversary of the birth of Christ (apart from
differences of exact chronological count).
(Jubilee 2000 documents, February 17, 1997)
 Jubilee classifications:
 "ordinary" if it falls after the set period of
years (every 25 years):
 26 ordinary Holy Years so far, the last being in
2000,
 the next being on 2025,
 Jubilee classifications (con’t):
 "extraordinary" when it is proclaimed for
some outstanding event. ”Extraordinary"
Jubilees began in the 16th century and they
can vary in length from a few days to a year.
 Jubilee classifications (con’t):
There have been two extraordinary jubilees in 20th
century:
 1933 proclaimed by Pope Pius XI to mark the
1900th anniversary of Redemption,
 1983 proclaimed by Pope John Paul II to mark
1,950 years since the Redemption carried out by
Christ through his Death and Resurrection in the
year 33.
 Jubilee classifications (con’t):
 In 2000, Pope John Paul II declared a Great Year of
Jubilee in celebration of the new millennium.
 Pope Francis I proclaimed in 2016 the Extraordinary
Jubilee of Mercy in his papal bull, “Misericordiae
Vultus,” and encouraged Catholics to practice corporal
and spiritual acts of mercy. He gave all priests
authority to grant absolution for abortions.
 Jubilee classifications (con’t):
 On December 13, the holy doors of the
ArchBasilica of St. John Lateran and the
Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls were
opened, as were the holy doors of cathedrals
around the world (45 Metro Manila churches,
72 provincial churches)
 Jubilee classifications (con’t):
 The opening of St. Peter Basilica’s Holy Door
in 2016 was “to remember another door, which
fifty years ago the Fathers of the Second Vatican
Council opened to the world.”
(Homily of His Holiness Pope Francis at Saint Peter's Square,
8 December 2015)
 Holy Door
of St. Peter’s
Basilica

Holy Door
(Porta Sancta)
 Backgrounder
 Pope Martin V who in 1423, at the Basilica
of Saint John Lateran, opened the Holy
Door for the first time in the history of the
Jubilee.
 In those days, Holy Years were celebrated
every 33 years.
 In the Vatican Basilica, the opening of Holy
Door first mentioned at Christmas 1499.
“THE HISTORY OF A HOLY DOOR” BY ARCHBISHOP PIERO MARINI
 Backgrounder
 The doors are only opened during Jubilee
years so that pilgrims can enter through
them in order to gain the plenary
indulgence that is connected with the
Jubilee. Once the Jubilee Year ends, all of
the four holy doors are normally sealed
shut from the inside so that they cannot
be opened.
 Holy Door in each of 4 Papal Basilicas

San Giovanni in Laterano (Papal St Peter’s Basilica

Archbasilica of St. John in the Lateran)
 Holy Door in each of 4 Papal Basilicas

San Paolo Fuori Le Mura (Papal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore

St. Paul Outside the Walls) (Basilica of St. Mary Major)
 Biblical basis
 In Luke 11:9 is found, "And I tell you, ask
and you will receive; seek and you will
find; knock and the door will be opened
to you."
 Revelations 3:20 says, "Behold, I stand at
the door and knock. If anyone hears my
voice and opens the door, (then) I will
enter his house and dine with him, and he
with me."
 Biblical basis
 In Pope John Paul II’s bull, Incarnationis
Mysterium, he stated that the Holy Door “…evokes
the passage from sin to grace which every Christian
is called to accomplish. Jesus said, ‘I am the door’
(John 10:7) in order to make it clear that no one can
come to the Father except through Him. This
designation which Jesus applies to Himself testifies
to the fact that He alone is the Savior sent by the
Father.”
 Biblical basis
 Pope John Paul continues, “There is only
one way that opens wide the entrance
into this life of communion with God:
This is Jesus, the one and absolute way
to salvation. To Him alone can the words
of the psalmist be applied in full truth:
‘This is the door of the Lord where the
just may enter’ (Psalm 118:20).”
 Biblical basis
 For today’s Jews, the mezuzot reminds
them of their divine deliverance from
slavery in Egypt. The mezuzah is a
reminder of this great truth that God was
faithful to his promise and saved them in
his way, not theirs; God is a God who
saves.
(A Reflection on Doors by Sr. Joan L. Roccasalvo, C.S.J.,
December 8, 2015)
 Symbolism
 The rite of the opening of the Holy Door
symbolically illustrates the idea that the
Church’s faithful are offered an
“extraordinary path” toward salvation
during the time of Jubilee.
 Symbolism
 It symbolizes a person’s leaving behind
of the world and entering into the
presence of God, similar to the way the
High Priests in the Old Testament would
pass through the veiled entrance of the
Holy of Holies on Yom Kippur to enter the
presence of God and offer sacrifices.
(Catholic News Agency)
JESUS, THE DIVINE HEALER PARISH –
A PILGRIM CHURCH
PEARL JUBILEE YEAR
MY PARISH… MY LIFE… MY LOVE:
30 YEARS & BEYOND & BE ONE!
The JESUS THE DIVINE HEALER
PARISH was granted two Decrees
relating to its Jubilee Year issued by the
Apostolic Penitentiary, namely,

Prot. N. 1302/18/1
and
Prot. N. 1303/18/1
What is the Apostolic
Penitentiary?
Wikipedia:

The Apostolic Penitentiary (Latin: Paenitentiaria

Apostolica), formerly called the Supreme Tribunal
of the Apostolic Penitentiary, is one of the three
tribunals of the Roman Curia. The Apostolic
Penitentiary is chiefly a tribunal of mercy,
responsible for issues relating to the forgiveness
of sins in the Catholic Church.
Wikipedia:

Its work falls mainly into these categories:

o the absolution of excommunications latæ
sententiæ reserved to the Holy See,
o the dispensation of sacramental impediments
reserved to the Holy See, and
o the issuance and governance of indulgences.
What is being
granted?
Prot. N. o Granting of plenary indulgence
1302/18/1 during the parish jubilee from
(translation from May 12, 2019 to May 12, 2020
Italian to English)

Prot. N. o Granting His Excellency, The

1303/18/1 Most Reverend, Lord Jesse E.
Mercado the faculty to impart
the Papal Blessing with Plenary
Indugence
Prot. N.
1302/18/1
Prot. N. 1302/18/1: Granting of Plenary
Indulgence “under the usual conditions, namely,

1. Sacramental Confession, Eucharistic

Communion and Prayer for the intention of the
Supreme Pontiff,

2. to the Christian faithful who are truly contrite

and motivated by charity,”
3. Who visit in a form of pilgrimage the parish
church of Our Lord Jesus Christ the Divine
Healer and devotedly participate in the jubilee
rites and special events taking place there,”
Prot. N. 1302/18/1 (con’t)

 Plenary indulgence, not only for the Christian

faithful, but also “for the poor souls in
purgatory.”
 Prot. N. 1302/18/1 (con’t)

 Plenary Indulgence to old, the sick and all who for

a grave reason cannot leave their homes,
provided:
Truly contrite for their sins,
Intention of fulfilling all the usual conditions as soon
as possible, and
Join in spirit the jubilee celebrations by lifting up to
God their prayers, sufferings or inconveniences due
to their life situation.
Prot. N. 1302/18/1 (con’t)

Other conditions:
 Duration of Parish Jubilee from May 12, 2019
to May 12, 2020
 Parish to make available priests for the
celebration of the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
Authority being
granted to?
Prot. N. 1303/18/1
Prot. N. 1303/18/1: Granting of authority:
 “to His Excellency, the Most Reverend, Lord
Jesse E. Mercado, Bishop of Parañaque,
 the faculty to impart the Papal Blessing with
Plenary Indulgence on the 12th day of May 2019,
the solemn opening of the Jubilee of Our Lord
Jesus Christ the Divine Healer Parish,
 after the offering of the Holy Sacrifice, to all the
Christian faithful who are present at the said
offering of the Holy Sacrifice, and truly penitent
and motivated by charity.
 The Plenary Indulgence is gained under the
usual conditions, namely, sacramental
Confession, Eucharistic Communion, and
Prayer for the intention of the Supreme
Pontiff.”
 Indulgences
(CCC: 1471-1479, 1498)

“An Indulgence is a remission before God

of the temporal punishment to sin
whose guilt has already been forgiven.”
(CCC 1471)
 Indulgences
• Not a pardon of sin; not a license to sin
• Plenary Indulgence – full remission of
temporal punishment
• Partial Indulgence – partial remission of
temporal punishment
 Indulgences
• Eternal Punishment – due to unforgiven
mortal sin
• Temporal Punishment – consequence of
already forgiven sins
• State of Grace – required to gain an
indulgence
 Indulgences
• A Plenary Indulgence is gained by a person in
the state of grace, who intends to gain the
indulgence, does the required “work”,
receives sacramental confession and Holy
Communion, and prays for the intention of
the Pope – one Our Father, one Hail Mary.
Attend the Jubilee Holy Sacrifice of the
Mass and Jubilee Rites, and receive the
Papal Blessing with Plenary Indulgence

June 23, 2019 9:30AM

Presided by His Excellency,
Bishop Jesse E. Mercado
 Enchiridion Indulgentiarum (4th ed., 1999)

“A plenary indulgence can be gained only once a

day. In order to obtain it, the faithful must, in
addition to being in the state of grace:
a. have the interior disposition of complete
detachment from sin, even venial sin;
b. have sacramentally confessed their sins;
 Enchiridion Indulgentiarum (4th ed., 1999)

a. receive the Holy Eucharist (it is certainly better

to receive it while participating in Holy Mass,
but for the indulgence only Holy Communion
is required);
b. pray for the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff.”