Extraordinary Jubilee
Holy Year of Mercy
Guardian Angel Cathedral
December 8, 2015—November 20, 2016
A Jubilee Year of Mercy
Guardian Angel Cathedral Holy Doors
We are blessed to be designated as one of the local churches to open a
Holy Door of Mercy. As a symbolic gesture of the invitation of our Lord
to receive His bountiful mercy and to share with others, Pope Francis
opened the Holy Doors of the Basilica in Rome.
The Holy Doors of Guardian Angel Cathedral were designated, blessed
and opened Tuesday, December 8, 2015 as a sign of welcome and
invitation for those who seek God’s mercy. Jesus I trust in you.
When you walk through the Holy Doors you receive an indulgence;
which is the lessening of the consequences attached to sin. Based on
the teachings of the Catholic Church, when you sin, you must go to
confession and you are forgiven. Forgiveness applies only to the guilt
of your sin; there may still be consequences of your sin that you may
have to pay for in this life or after you die. An indulgence is a way to
lessen that penalty. Such as, if someone commits a crime, they are
sentenced to jail time as punishment. They may be sorry for their
crime and apologize, but they will still serve a sentence and suffer
consequences for their crime.
Receive a full indulgence (a plenary indulgence) by doing the following:
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Walk through the Holy Doors.
Go to Confession.
Receive Communion.
Pray for the intentions of the Pope.
Works of Mercy
Corporal Works of Mercy
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FEED THE HUNGRY
GIVE DRINK TO THE THIRSTY
SHELTER THE HOMELESS
VISIT THE SICK
VISIT THOSE IN PRISION
BURY THE DEAD
GIVE ALMS TO THE POOR
Spiritual Works of Mercy
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COUNSEL THE DOUBTFUL
INSTRUCT THE IGNORANT
ADMONISH THE SINNER
COMFORT THE AFFLICTED
FORGIVE OFFENSES
BEAR WRONGS PATIENTLY
PRAY FOR THE LIVING AND THE DEAD
EXTRAORDINARY JUBILEE HOLY YEAR OF MERCY
December 8, 2015 through November 20, 2016
Dec. 8, 2015 Pope Francis opened
the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome
Dec. 8, 2015 Bishop Joseph A.Pepe
symbolically opened the Door of
Guardian Angel Cathedral in Las Vegas
SYMBOLISM OF THE HOLY DOOR
“I am the gate. Whoever enters through me will be saved, and will come in
and go out and find pasture.” John 10:9
Pope John Paul II stated the Holy Door “evokes the passage from sin to
grace which every Christian is called to accomplish.”
Pope Francis wrote, “the Holy Door will become a Door of Mercy through
which anyone who enters will experience the love of God who consoles,
pardons and instills hope.”
The passing through the Door symbolizes an experience of conversion
from the state of sin to the state of grace; an entrance into a new way
of life. The door is Jesus Christ.
TO RECEIVE A PLENARY INDULGENCE
The Church requires the following:
Receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation
Receive Holy Communion
Offer prayers for the intentions of the Holy Father
Passing through the Door of Guardian Angel Cathedral or any other church
designated in our Diocese by the Bishop during the year of Mercy.
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION – CONFESSIONS DURING THE
HOLY YEAR OF MERCY
The Cathedral offers eleven opportunities each week to make a good
confession. Every weekday (Monday-Friday) there are two confession
opportunities 7:30am and 11:30am. Also on Saturday morning confessions are heard from 11:30am to 12:00 Noon. It is always best to come
early.
*VISITING HOURS for GUARDIAN ANGEL CATHEDRAL
Monday through Friday
7:30am to 3:00pm
Saturday
10:00am to 7:00pm
Sunday
7:30am to 6:00pm
*Schedule is subject to change. Refer to website @ www.gaclv.org or call 702-735-5241 for
current schedule.
PRAYER OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS
FOR THE EXTRAORDINARY
JUBILEE YEAR OF MERCY
Lord Jesus Christ,
you have taught us to be merciful
like the heavenly Father,
and have told us that whoever sees you sees Him.
Show us your face
and we will be saved.
Your loving gaze freed Zacchaeus and Matthew
from being enslaved by money; the adulteress and Magdalene
from seeking happiness only in created things; made Peter weep
after his betrayal, and assured Paradise to the repentant thief.
Let us hear, as if addressed to each one of us, the words that you
spoke to the Samaritan woman: “If you knew the gift of God!”
You are the visible face of the invisible Father, of the God who
manifests his power above all by forgiveness and mercy: let the
Church be your visible face in the world, its Lord risen and glorified. You willed that your ministers would also be clothed in weakness in order that they may feel compassion for those in ignorance
and error: let everyone who approaches them feel sought after,
loved, and forgiven by God.
Send your Spirit and consecrate every one of us with its anointing,
so that the Jubilee of Mercy may be a year of grace from the Lord,
and your Church, with renewed enthusiasm, may bring good news
to the poor, proclaim liberty to captives and the oppressed, and restore sight to the blind.
We ask this of you, Lord Jesus, through the intercession of Mary,
Mother of Mercy; you who live and reign with the Father and the
Holy Spirit for ever and ever.
Amen.
CGP2016