Vatican/Holy See opens Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica Christmas Eve 2024

A momentous occasion, a year marked out for forgiveness and renewal.

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Thanks to Judy for the heads up.

Five Holy Doors to be opened during 2025 Jubilee including at a prison

Dec 05.24

As the Church prepares for the upcoming Jubilee Year, a symbolic and deeply spiritual ritual unfolded in St. Peter’s Basilica on December 2, 2024. The «recognitio» ceremony—a tradition steeped in centuries-old heritage—saw the unveiling of the metallic box containing the key that will open the Holy Door on Christmas Eve, marking the formal beginning of the Jubilee Year.

Pope washes feet of 12 inmates

Dec 04.24

Pope Francis made it clear the doors of forgiveness are open even for those who've committed the most serious sins, and for anyone who feels they're far from God that's why the day after Christmas he will symbolically open the door of a prison near Rome. The same one he visited this past Holy Thursday, where he washed the feet of 12 Inmates. 04:11 mins

Ceremony of the recognitio that sets up the Holy Door for the Jubilee in St. Peter’s Basilica

A Time-Honored Ritual Led by Cardinal Mauro Gambetti. The event began with a solemn prayer before Vatican masons, known as sampietrini, carefully dismantled the wall sealing the Holy Door from within the basilica. The wall, untouched since the closure of the last Holy Year in 2016, gave way to reveal a sealed metal box embedded within. 01:01 mins

The Jubilee, a special year of grace and renewal, draws millions of pilgrims from across the world. The Holy Door’s opening at St. Peter’s Basilica on Christmas Eve will be the first of several such ceremonies. The doors of other major basilicas—St. John Lateran, St. Paul Outside the Walls, and St. Mary Major—will also undergo their respective recognitio rites in the coming weeks.

The keys, a handle and other hardware for the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican are seen Dec. 2, 2024, after a ceremony in which the box they were in was removed from the wall sealing the door. (CNS photos/Vatican Media)

https://zenit.org/2024/12/05/vatican-the-ceremony-of-the-recognitio-that-sets-up-the-holy-door-for-the-jubilee-in-st-peters-basilica/

Did you notice the mosaic pavement?

The Masonic floor, also known as the mosaic pavement, is a distinctive feature of Masonic temples and lodges. It is a checkered floor composed of black and white squares, which has been a part of Masonic symbolism since ancient times.

Holy See Press Office Communiqué

https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2024/12/03/241203a.html

Papal Bull Unam Sanctum 1302

Since the year 1300 when Pope Boniface VIII declared the first Holy Year, the Catholic Church has regularly celebrated “Holy Years,” usually every twenty-five years (at least since 1470). A major aspect of the Holy Year has been that of pilgrimage to Rome to make reparation for sin and to renew the conversion of one’s life.

The same Pope Boniface VIII who …

International Legal Status of the Vatican/Holy See Complex

This article offers a re-examination of the international legal status of what is here termed the Vatican/Holy See complex (VHS), focusing on claims to statehood. The problematic ‘effect’ of Vatican City, of the Holy See, of the papacy and of associated entities is interrogated at the level of international law, entering as little as possible into administrative or theological distinctions. The various grounds cited as supporting status amounting to statehood are argued to be inadequate. The continuing exchange of representatives with states by the VHS is missionary and hierarchical in character and is reflective neither of the reciprocity of peers nor of customary obligation going to law. Agreements entered into by the papacy with the Kingdom of Italy (the Lateran Pacts) in 1929, relating to the status of the geographical territory known as Vatican City, cannot be determinative of international status. Nor can membership of international agreements and organizations confer a status amounting to statehood. Events and practices since 1929 have not substantially altered international status as of 1870. The Roman Catholic Church is but one of many faith-based international movements, and since the eclipse of the papal state nearly one-and-a-half centuries ago, the status in international law of its temporal headquarters in Rome should not be privileged. https://is.muni.cz/el/law/podzim2019/MP910Z/um/papers/Vatican_Holy_See_Legal_Status.pdf

Maxims of law

The Vatican/Holy See complex teaches that Jesus Christ delegated authority to apostle Peter, however by maxim of law authority cannot be delegated, not to a Bishop of Rome, the Vatican/Holy See, not to a Pope nor to any other embodiment on Earth.

A delegated power cannot be dele­gated.
A delegate cannot delegate.
The proof lies upon him who affirms, not upon him who denies.

A maxim is an established principle or proposition.

1. A principle of law universally admitted as being just and consonant with reason.
2. Maxims in law are somewhat like axioms in geometry. 1 Bl. Com. 68. They are principles and authorities, part of the general customs or common law of the land; and are of the same strength as acts of parliament, when the judges have determined what is a maxim; which belongs to the judges and not the jury.
https://famguardian.org/Publications/BouvierMaximsOfLaw/BouviersMaxims.htm

Consent

We don’t know what we don’t know. Passing through a holy door in person and/or spirit is consent. The outcome can be a liability or benefit for which the individual is accountable.

The door within

The door to the Highest Authority, the Absolute, a.k.a. God that dwells within Its creations is always open to have a personal conversation/relationship.

The power within

To avert interference with the Divine Plan everyone has freewill to ask: By Divine Decree, in the Name of All That Is and under the law of Grace, ask the Highest Authority to allow only that which is for the highest and purest good of man to emanate from opening 5 holy doors by Pope Francis at any time. TY!

Without prejudice and without recourse
Doreen Agostino
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