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DIVINE MERCY OF OUR LORD CATHOLIC CHURCH
MESQUITE, TX
December 20, 2015
Fourth Sunday of Advent /
Cuarto Domingo de Adviento
Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus Mary and Joseph /
Fiesta de la Sagrada Familia
Mi 5:1-4a
_Heb 10:5-10 __
Lk 1:39-45
(12)
From Bethlehem shall come one who will rule Israel (1). Born of Mary, the servant of the
Lord (3), he will protect and save us (Ps), offering himself once and for all in doing the
Father’s will (2).
1 Sm 1:20-22, 24-28
_1 Jn 3:1-2, 21-24 __
Lk 2:41-52
(17)
Family life (1, PS) is rooted in the unconditional love of God (2) as witnessed by the Holy
Family (3). Option: Hannah and Elkanah offer their son, Samuel, to God in the Lord’s
temple (Ps). Mary and Joseph find Jesus in the temple (3). He returns to Nazareth,
obedient to them (2).
SATURDAY, December 19, 2015
Priests are preaching this weekend /Los sacerdotes predicaran este Domingo
SATURDAY, December 26, 2015
5:00 PM Ella Guimapang (Healing) ………………………….. Fr. GM
7:00 PM Jose Luis y Rosa M. Narvaez (Aniversario) ……….…. Fr. JG
5:00 PM Reyes Family + ………………………………………. Fr. JG
7:00 PM Pueblo de Dios ……………………………………….. Fr. GM
SUNDAY, December 20, 2015
5:00
8:00
10:00
12:00
2:00
4:00
6:00
7:30
AM
AM
AM
PM
PM
PM
PM
PM
Pulqueria H. Calamba + ………………………………..
Odie Estrella + ………………………………………….
Virginia Young + ………………………………………
Felipe N. Roman + ……………………………………..
Altagracia Manriquez + ………………………………..
Fr. GM
Fr. GM
Fr. GM
Fr. ET
Fr. ET
Agape Mass (Amador, Petra, Amador Jr. Benavidez +++) .. Fr. ET
People of God ……………………………………………… Fr. JG
Elvira Sánchez (Sanación) ………………………………... Fr. JG
December 21, Monday
Sg 2:8-14
5:00 AM
8:00 AM
6:00 PM
7:00 PM
Church EN
Church EN
Church EN
Church EN
December 22, Tuesday
1 Sm 1:24-28
5:00 AM
8:00 AM
6:00 PM
7:00 PM
Church EN
Church EN
Church EN
Iglesia SP
December 23, Wednesday
Mal 3:1-4, 23-24
5:00 AM
8:00 AM
6:00 PM
7:00 PM
Church EN
Church EN
Chapel EN
Iglesia SP
December 24, Thursday
2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16
5:00 AM Church EN
8:00 AM Church EN
December 24, Thursday
Is 62:1-5
4:00 AM Church EN
6:00 PM Chapel EN
8:00 PM Iglesia SP
St. Peter Canisius, Priest, Doctor (4)
Lk 1:39-45
Pss IV
(197)
Eduardo M. Ángeles + ……………………...
Lilian Divin (Thanksgiving) ……………….
Virginia Young + …………………………..
Alberta Contreras + ………………………...
Fr. MS
Fr. GM
Fr. JG
Fr. GM
Advent Weekday (4)
Lk 1:46-56
Pss IV
(198)
Vicente & Cleofe Angeles + ………………..
Virginia Young + …………………………...
Felicidad B. solana (SI) …………………….
Verónica Cervantes (Accion de Gracias) .....
Fr. JG
Fr. GM
Fr. GM
Fr. ET
St. John Kanty, Priest (4)
Lk 1:57-66
Pss IV
(199)
Natividad M. Molina + ……………………..
Bert Estrella (Healing) ……………………..
Ben & Del Florece (Anniversary) ………….
D. Mario Sánchez (Birthday) ………………
Fr. JG
Fr. JG
Fr. GM
Fr. ET
Advent Weekday (4)
Lk 1:67-79
Pss IV
(200)
Jose Ireneo Padilla + ………………………..
Fr. Manuel Sabando (Birthday) ……………
Fr. ET
Fr. GM
Vigil of the Nativity of the Lord
Holy Day of Obligation
Acts 13:16-17, 22-25
Mt 1:1-25
12:00 MN Church EN
Pelly Obedoza (Thanksgiving) …………….
Fr. JG
December 25, Friday
The Nativity of the Lord (Day)
Holy Day of Obligation
Heb 1:1-6
Jn 1:1-18
Pss II
(16)
Is 52:7-10
10:00 AM Church EN
12:00 MD Church SP
December 26, Saturday
Acts 6:8-10;7:54-59
8:00 AM Church EN
8:00
10:00
12:00
2:00
4:00
6:00
7:30
AM
AM
PM
PM
PM
PM
PM
Johnny Divin + ……………………………………….
Esper Lagunas (Birthday) …………………………..
Susana Miranda (Sanacion) ……………………...….
Dulce Silva (Sanacion) …………………………..….
Filipino Mass (Prescila Lagunas—Birthday) ………
John P. Phillip + ………………………………………
Filiberto Gutierrez + ………………………………….
Fr. ET
Fr. ET
Fr. JG
Fr. JG
Fr. JG
Fr. GM
Fr. GM
ATTENDANCE:
Saturday, December 12, and Sunday, December 13, 2015
5:00 PM 140
7:00 PM 470
8:00 AM ….…..…….....178
10:00 AM …..…..……....439
12:00 PM…...…………..920
2:00 PM………………..834
4:00 PM………………..069
6:00 PM………………..232
7:30 PM………………..189
TOTAL ………………………….3,471
Regular Collection:
Building Fund:
Christmas Flowers:
Immaculate Conception:
Guadalupe Ministry:
$ 14,721.64
$ 1,784.00
$ 3,541.42
$
792.43
$ 2,114.50
Total of Collections :
$ 22,953.99
Juan Vicente Martinez + ……………………….. Fr. JG
Mayte Lugo (Birthday) ……………………….. Fr. GM
Benjamin Florece + ……………………………. Fr. ET
Pss II
(14)
Is 9:1-6
SUNDAY, December 27, 2015
Pss I
(13)
The Nativity of the Lord (Midnight)
Holy Day of Obligation
Ti 2:11-14
Lk 2:1-14
December 25, Friday
This weekend Deacons are Preaching / Predicaran los Diáconos esta Semana
Josefa C. Banayo + …………………………. Fr. GM
Francisco Santillan + ……………………….. Fr. ET
Saint Stephen, the first Martyr
Mt 10:17-22
Pss I
(696)
Connie Vasquez (Healing) ………..………... Fr. ET
A novena of Masses celebrated early in the morning in honor of the
Virgin Mary in which the interplay of light and darkness convey the
meaning of Advent.
Masses begin at 5:00 AM Tuesday December 16 and continue through
December 24.
Tuesday, December 23 there will be a Simbang Gabi fellowship in
Saint Faustina Hall at 6:15 PM.
FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT / CUARTO DOMINGO DE ADVIENTO
Divine Mercy Men’s Group
With Deacon Bill
SUNDAY, December 20
7:45
8:00
9:45
9:45
10:00
11:45
2:00
2:00
5:00
6:30
6:30
7:00
7:30
AM
AM
AM
AM
AM
AM
PM
PM
PM
PM
PM
PM
PM
Faith Formation—(FF Center & Portables)
Toddlers (Genesis)
Faith Formation–(FF Center & Potables)
Sunday Concessions— Mensajeros de Cristo
Toddlers (Genesis)
Formación de Fe—(Centro de FF & Portables)
Pre Confirmation—(Nazareth)
Confirmation—(Capernaum)
Concesiones del PREP (SFH)
Coro del PREP (Capernaum)
Intercesores del PREP (Emmaus)
Youth Ministry (Pentateuch)
Formacion de Pastoreo (Nazareth)
MONDAY, December 21
5:30
5:30
6:30
7:30
7:30
7:30
7:30
7:30
PM
PM
PM
PM
PM
PM
PM
PM
Sport Group—Chelsea (Fields)
Devotion to Saint Joseph (Church)
Youth Group (9-12 grade) (Nazareth)
New Hope Advent Fellowship (SFH)
Cenaculos de la DM (Capernaum)
Coro de Jovenes (Exodus)
Confessions (Church)
Altar Server training (Church)
TUESDAY, December 22
5:30
5:30
7:30
7:30
7:30
PM
PM
PM
PM
PM
Sport Groups– U-90, Inter and Dynamos (Fields)
Devotion to Saint Anthony (Church)
Practica de Coro de Niños (Exodus)
Columbian Squire (Emmaus)
Alianza Juvenil (Bethany)
WEDNESDAY, December 23
5:15
7:00
7:00
7:30
7:30
7:30
7:30
7:30
PM
PM
PM
PM
PM
PM
PM
PM
Holy Rosary and Devotion to Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Church)
NO Confirmation
NO Pre-Confirmation
Jóvenes de Renovación (Bethany)
Men’s Group— (Emmaus)
Practica de Lectores (Leviticus)
Confessions (Church)
Filipino Fellowship Simbang– Gabi (SFH, Kitchen, Pentateuch)
THURSDAY, December 24
5:30 PM
Devotion to Saint Jude (Church)
CHRISTMAS EVE / NO MEETINGS / OFFICE CLOSED
FRIDAY, December 25
Christmas DAY — Office and Church Facilities closed
Church open for 10:00 am and 12:00 noon masses only
SATURDAY, December 26
3:30
PM
OFFICE CLOSED
Confessions (Church)
SUNDAY, December 27
7:45
8:00
9:45
9:45
10:00
11:45
2:00
2:00
5:00
6:30
7:00
AM
AM
AM
AM
AM
AM
PM
PM
PM
PM
PM
NO Faith Formation—(FF Center & Portables)
Toddlers (Genesis)
NO Faith Formation–(FF Center & Potables)
Sunday Concessions— Jesus el Salvador
Toddlers (Genesis)
NO Formación de Fe—(Centro de FF & Portables)
Confirmation—(Nazareth)
Pre- Confirmation—(Capernaum)
Filipino Fellowship (SFH)
Coro del PREP (Capernaum)
Youth Ministry (Pentateuch)
Meetings will be continued after New Years. Each Wednesday evening at 7:30 PM in the Emmaus room. Come Join
us, its never too late.
12-23-15: Off Christmas break
12-30-15: Off New Year’s break
1-6-16: Discipline of Church
1-13-16: Discipline of Leadership
1-20-16: Discipline of Giving
1-27-16: Discipline of Witness
2-3-16: Discipline of Ministry
2-10-16: Discipline of Grace
2-17-16: Fellowship
Coming together in study, learning, and support.
Living and learning as Catholics.
Wednesdays at 7:30 pm in the Emmaus room
Please support our Sunday Concessions
Concessions for this Sunday December 20, Concessions by the
Jesed, and on Sunday December 27, Concessions by the Volunteers. Please continue supporting our Sunday Concessions and help
our church.
Anointing of the Sick
If you or a member of your family are in the hospital, and need a
priest URGENTLY, please contact the hospital’s Pastoral Care
Department or the Catholic Hospital Chaplain to call a minister or
priest. Otherwise call the Church office for one of our priests to
visit your loved one in the hospital. Also call to schedule a Lay
Eucharistic Minister to visit and give communion to your sick
loved one at home on a regular basis. Please call the parish office
during office hours for any emergency. Or call the parish office
number after office hours to obtain our emergency numbers.
Please use church after hours emergency numbers for urgent
pastoral needs only.
Unción de Enfermos
Si por alguna razón usted o algún miembro de su familia se encuentra internado en el hospital, y necesitan ver a un sacerdote
inmediatamente, le pedimos que notifique al departamento de Cuidado Pastoral o el Capellán del Hospital. También pueden hablar
a la oficina de la parroquia si gusta que uno de los sacerdotes
vaya a visitar a sus enfermos en el Hospital. Después de las horas
de trabajo, llamen al numero de la iglesia para obtener el numero
de emergencia de la parroquia por cualquier necesidad urgente.
Favor de usar estos números solo para EMERGENCIAS!
Hay ministros de Eucaristía asignados para visitar y dar comunión
a los enfermos en las casas. Solo llamen a la oficina para que uno
de ellos visite a sus enfermos en los hogares.
DIVINE MERCY OF OUR LORD CATHOLIC CHURCH
MESQUITE, TX
SCAP Prayer Leaders /
CDAS Líderes de la Oración
PARISH RENEWAL COMMUNITIES
For Next Weekend / Próximo Fin de Semana
The New Hope Covenant Community will not have a teaching
December 21, 2015 in the Emmaus room. The next series of teachings are to begin in January 2016.
Feast of the Holy Family /
Fiesta de la Sagrada Familia
December 26 and December 27, 2015
Mass
Prayer Leaders
Sat. 5:00 PM
Joe and Sylvia Baiz
Sun. 8:00 AM
Jim and Vivian Abalos
Sun. 10:00 AM
Steve and Rebecca Laramay
Sun. 6:00 PM
Lito and Luisa Dancel
Sab. 7:00 PM
José y María López
Dom. 12:00PM
Danny y Yanira García
Dom. 2:00 PM
José y Flor Chavira
Dom. 7:30 PM
Alfredo y Dolores Trejo
The regular Holy Hour and overnight adoration is held every first
Friday of the month. There will be no 1st Friday Holy Hours or
overnight exposition in January.
COMUNIDADES CRISTIANAS DEL PREP
Fiesta de la Sagrada Familia
26 de Diciembre 27de Diciembre de, 2015
Misa
Dom. 12:00 PM
Dom. 2:00 PM
Dom. 7:30 PM
Lectores/Comentaristas
Monaguillos
t.
2. Israel Alvarado
1.
C. José Martínez
2.
1. Brenda Briones
t.
Liturgia de las Horas
Liturgy of the Hours
2. María Juárez
1.
Iniciando la Semana del
For the week beginning
C. Cyntya Vázquez
2.
1. Israel Sánchez
t.
20 de Diciembre, 2015
Pss IV
December 20, 2015
Pss IV
2. José Ramos
1.
C. Liliana García
2.
1. Rosy García
t.
2. Damián Hernández
1.
C. Altagracia Brito
2.
Oramos Lunes-Viernes a las
5:30am y 6:15pm
Feast of the Holy Family
Sun. 8:00 AM
Sun. 10:00 AM
Sun. 6:00 PM
Lectors/Commentators
Liturgy prayed 6:00 am and 7:00
pm weekdays 7:00 am Sundays
The following devotions are being prayed before the evening mass
each day following the Holy Rosary. We invite everyone to participate.
December 26 and December 27, 2015
Sat. 5:00 PM
A todos los hermanos del PREP se les da un agradecimiento sincero por el apoyo que brindaron para el Novenario y Fiesta de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe. Gracias! El PREP estará en descanso
durante el resto del mes de Diciembre para que convivan con familias y amigos en esta temporada de Navidad. También, se les pide
que cumplan con las actividades del Año de Jubileo Extraordinario
de Misericordia que empezó el día Martes, de Diciembre. Miren
los anuncios en el boletín y los pizarrones de la iglesia. El Seminario Jerusalén y los crecimientos comienzan el Enero del Ano
Nuevo.
1. Ana Loera
Altar Ministers for Next Weekend
Mass
Remember the next English Agape Mass is Sunday, January 3,
2016. All Basic Christian Communities are encouraged to attend.
Everyone is strongly exhorted to participate in the next Praise
and Worship Assembly with healing on Friday, January 15.
Ministros del Altar para el Próximo Fin de Semana
Sab. 7:00 PM
December 20, 2015
Altar Servers
Sophia Suante
Monday-for St. Joseph at 5:30 PM
Tuesdays-St. Anthony of Padua at 5:30 PM
Wednesday– Our Lady of Perpetual Help 5:15PM
Thursdays-St. Jude at 5:30 PM
Fridays—Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus 5:30 PM
1. Barbara Jasmin
1.
2. Olive Padilla
2. Laura Villarreal
C. Blanche McClinton
3.
Matthew Villarreal
1. Roger Fulton
1.
Yari Elias
2. Alice Ramirez
2.
Marissa Martinez
C. Ron Didier
3.
Stephen Martinez
1. Ernie Valencia
1. Julianna Gonzales
2. Luna Fajardo
2.
C. Rebecca Estrella
3. Buka Okafor
Prayers for the Deceased / Oraciones Por los Difuntos
1. Laurel Patino
1. Vincent Egwuonwu
2. Yamil Valero
2. Annika Hernandez
Let us also pray for those who recently passed away. Tambien, remos por las personas que recientemente han fallecido.
C. Rigo Castillo
3. Anthony Onyedinma
Vinedict Aguilar
Prayers for the Sick / Oraciones Por los Enfermos
Let us pray for all the sick in our Parish and for their families who
are caring for them presently, Oremos por los enfermos de nuestra
parroquia, en especial por /especially Phelana Foster, Lupita
Galindo, Dulce Silva, Martha García, Raquel Martínez, Jen Smith,
Vanessa Martínez, Andrew Foster, and Guadalupe Luis.
God bless and heal all our sick. May He strengthen them in their
weakness, and may He bear with them their infirmities. Amen
Fr. Ernie
FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT / CUARTO DOMINGO DE ADVIENTO
Pro-Life Coordinator in English Needed
We are looking for someone to take the responsibility of the English Pro-life ministry with the
dedication Mr. Clark has shown. If you are
interested in applying please contact the church
office.
Celebrate the Jubilee
Year of Mercy 2016
JOIN OUR 14 DAY-SPIRITUAL
PILGRIMAGE TO POLAND
AND ITALY
Coming Home to the Catholic Church ...
A First Step
June 13-26
$4,590.00 per person from Dallas
In prayer, ask God to guide you. Your re- Spiritual Director: Fr. Manny Sabando
sponse to His loving call could be the first
step toward a new beginning!
If you would like to speak with someone
about returning to the Church, we encourage you to contact the Divine Mercy
parish office.
Blessed Virgin too much. You
can never love her more than
Jesus did.”
--Saint Maximilian Kolbe
"Before, by yourself, you
couldn't. Now, you've turned to
our Lady, and with her, how
easy!"
We look forward to seeing you, and
God bless!
St. John Lateran
St. Peter’s
Los sobres para las ofrendas del año 2016
para las familias activas ya están disponibles en el salón Santa Faustina. Se les pide
que por favor pasen a recogerlos.
Recuerden que el uso de sus sobres es la
única forma de verificar su asistencia y
contribución para mantener su membrecía
activa.
MESSAGE FROM JESUS
“I want to give Myself to souls and to fill them
with My love, but few there are who want to accept
all the graces My love has intended for them. My
grace is not lost; if the soul for whom it was intended does not accept it, another soul takes it.”
( Diary 1017 Servants of the Divine Mercy
--St. Josemaria Escriva
"If you invoke the Blessed Virgin when you are tempted, she
will come at once to your help,
and Satan will leave you."
2016 Donation Envelopes
The envelopes for the 2016 donation collections are in. Please call the church office to make arrangements to pick your
envelopes up.
Remember that the use of your envelopes
is the only way we have to verify your active church membership.
"Men do not fear a powerful
hostile army as the powers of
hell fear the name and protection of Mary."
--St. Bonaventure
Orientation Meeting January 2, 2016
10:00 am to 12:00 pm in Saint Faustina Hall
“Never be afraid of loving the
Enter a Holy Door
If you are not ready to speak with someone,
please join us for Mass. Take a bulletin and
look at the various activities going on in
our parish. Choose a place to start that
feels comfortable.
“O God, you are my God— it is you I seek!
For you my body yearns; for you my soul thirsts,
In a land parched, lifeless, and without water.”
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
--St. John Vianney
Let us run to Mary, and, as her
little children, cast ourselves
into her arms with a perfect
confidence.
St. Mary Major
St. Paul
Entran una Puerta Santa
Celebremos El Ano Jubilar
De Misericordia 2016
Únanse Con Nosotros En Una
Peregrinación de 12 Días a
Polonia y Roma
Junio 6-17, 2016
$4,190.00 Por Persona Desde Dallas
Director Espiritual : El P Ernesto Torres
Junta de Orientación 2 de Enero de 2016
1:00 pm a 3:00 pm en
Salón Santa Faustina
--Saint Francis de Sales
”To desire grace without recourse to the Virgin Mother is
to desire to fly without wings.”
--Pope Pius XII
"You are My Mother, the
Mother of Mercy, and the consolation of the souls in Purgatory."
--Saint Bridget to our Lady
"Do not marvel at the novelty
of the thing, if a Virgin gives
birth to God"
--Saint Jerome
DIVINE MERCY OF OUR LORD CATHOLIC
MESQUITE, TX
Jubileo extraordinario: Año Santo de la Misericordia
¿Cuál es el proceso para obtener indulgencias durante el
Año de la Misericordia?
"La indulgencia es parcial o plenaria según libere de la pena
temporal debida por los pecados en parte o totalmente. Todo fiel
puede lucrar para sí mismo o aplicar por los difuntos, a manera
de sufragio, las indulgencias tanto parciales como plenarias",
añade EWTN.
Aquí los pasos a seguir, recogidos por Aciprensa:
1) Los fieles “están llamados a realizar una breve peregrinación
hacia la Puerta Santa, abierta en cada catedral o en las iglesias
establecidas por el obispo diocesano y en las cuatro basílicas
papales en Roma, como signo del deseo profundo de auténtica
conversión”.
2) “Igualmente dispongo que se pueda ganar la indulgencia en
los santuarios donde se abra la Puerta de la Misericordia y en las
iglesias que tradicionalmente se identifican como Jubilares. Es
importante que este momento esté unido, ante todo, al Sacramento de la Reconciliación y a la celebración de la Santa Eucaristía con un reflexión sobre la misericordia”, añade Francisco.
3) El papa señala que cada vez que un fiel realice personalmente
una o más las obras de misericordia corporales y espirituales
“obtendrá ciertamente la indulgencia jubilar”.
4) Sobre los enfermos y las ancianos que no pueden salir de
casa, el Pontífice afirma que para ellos “será de gran ayuda vivir
la enfermedad y el sufrimiento como experiencia de cercanía al
Señor que en el misterio de su pasión, muerte y resurrección
indica la vía maestra para dar sentido al dolor y a la soledad”.
“Vivir con fe y gozosa esperanza este momento de prueba, recibiendo la comunión o participando en la Santa Misa y en la oración comunitaria, también a través de los diversos medios de
comunicación, será para ellos el modo de obtener la indulgencia
jubilar”.
5) Sobre los presos, el papa explica que “en las capillas de las
cárceles podrán ganar la indulgencia, y cada vez que atraviesen
la puerta de su celda, dirigiendo su pensamiento y la oración al
Padre, pueda este gesto ser para ellos el paso de la Puerta Santa,
porque la misericordia de Dios, capaz de convertir los corazones, es también capaz de convertir las rejas en experiencia de
libertad”.
6) Indulgencia para los difuntos: “De igual modo que los recordamos en la celebración eucarística, también podemos, en el
gran misterio de la comunión de los santos, rezar por ellos para
que el rostro misericordioso del Padre los libere de todo residuo
de culpa y pueda abrazarlos en la bienaventuranza que no tiene
fin”.
December 20, 2015
Extraordinary Jubilee Holy Year of Mercy
What must one do to receive the special Plenary Indulgence?
In order to gain this special Indulgence, a Catholic is required
first to make sacramental Confession, receive the Eucharist at
Mass, make a profession of faith and offer prayers for the Supreme Pontiff’s intentions.
In addition to and in conjunction with fulfilling these conditions,
one may then take part in any of the following observances of
the Jubilee of Mercy.
Each time one visits, in the course of a pilgrimage, the Cathedral
of the Holy Name of Jesus, or a designated Jubilee Parish, and
there walks through the designated Holy Door, and makes a
brief visit.
Those for whom, for various reasons, it will be impossible to
enter the Holy Door, particularly the sick and people who are
elderly and alone, e.g., confined to the home, the Holy Father
noted, “For them it will be of great help to live their sickness
and suffering as an experience of closeness to the Lord who in
the mystery of His Passion, death, and Resurrection indicates the
royal road which gives meaning to pain and loneliness. Living
with faith and joyful hope this moment of trial, receiving communion or attending Holy Mass and community prayer, even
through the various means of communication, will be for them
the means of obtaining the Jubilee Indulgence.”
For those who are incarcerated, whose freedom is limited, the
Jubilee Year has always constituted an opportunity for great
amnesty. They may obtain the Indulgence in the chapels of their
prisons. May the gesture of directing their thought and prayer to
the Father each time they cross the threshold of their cell signify
for them their passage through the Holy Door, because the
mercy of God is able to transform hearts, and is also able to
transform bars into an experience of freedom.
The Pope has asked the Church in this Jubilee Year to rediscover the richness encompassed by the spiritual and corporal
works of mercy. The experience of mercy, indeed, becomes
visible in the witness of concrete signs as Jesus himself taught
us. Each time that one of the faithful personally performs one or
more of these actions, he or she shall surely obtain the Jubilee
Indulgence.
Furthermore, the Jubilee Indulgence can also be obtained for the
deceased. We are bound to them by the witness of faith and
charity that they have left us. Thus, as we remember them in the
Eucharistic celebration, thus we can, in the great mystery of the
Communion of Saints, pray for them, that the merciful Face of
the Father free them of every remnant of fault and strongly embrace them in the unending beatitude.