As Pope Francis has declared this coming year to be an Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, today Archbishop Gomez blessed the Holy Door and celebrated the opening Mass of the Jubilee Year of Mercy at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.
“No one can be excluded from the mercy of God; everyone knows the way to access it and the Church is the house where everyone is welcomed and no one is rejected,” said Pope Francis. Pilgrim churches worldwide will begin opening Holy Doors today.
Archbishop Gomez also ceremoniously opened the Great Bronze Doors of the Cathedral, which haven’t been closed and opened since the Cathedral’s inauguration in September 2002.
A special Year of Mercy Jubilee Door is being featured at the Cathedral, a freestanding piece, entitled “Archway of Mercy.” The Jubilee Year of Mercy began on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, Tuesday, December 8, with the opening by Pope Francis of the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica. It will conclude on Sunday, November 20, 2016 with the Solemnity of Christ the King.
