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Edition December
1999
Heart to heart
"The
Advent of the Great Jubilee"
EDITORIAL Mother Adela Galindo,
Foundress, SCTJM
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personal use
Dear Brothers and Sisters:
This is not an Advent similar to others we have
lived before, for we are preparing ourselves for
this year’s Christmas and, at the same time, our
entrance into the Great Jubilee of the Year
2000.
I am experiencing a profound joy in my heart
similar to the one experienced by the shepherds
when they heard the Angel of the Lord announcing
to them, “Do not be afraid; for behold, I
proclaim to you good news of great joy…For
today…a savior has been born for you who is
Messiah and Lord.” (Lk 2:10-11). When I read
this passage of Scripture my heart is moved. Our
joy is found in the fact that the grace of
salvation has been given to us freely, and it is
precisely this grace which the Lord desires to
make present once again in humanity during the
Jubilee.
Throughout this holy year we are to direct our
gaze to the Incarnation. Two thousand years ago
God became man in the womb of the Blessed Virgin
by the power of the Holy Spirit and dwelt among
us. The reason for the Jubilee is the mystery of
the Incarnation. We are full of joy because God
has come in search of man, to bring us back to
Him, to give us redemption, to open the gates of
Heaven, and to give us the capacity to live as
sons and daughters of God. What joy!
Who is like our God? Is there any other god that
has humbled himself to become like his
creatures? Is there any other god who was born
in a stable and died on a Cross? Only our God,
my brothers and sisters, only our God is love.
How can we not rejoice during this Jubilee? We
must be conscious and clear, however, of the joy
that comes from the experience of salvation; it
is the joy of a profound conversion of heart.
This Jubilee year is an immense opportunity for
humanity. It is a year of grace, of much
conversion, a year of mercy and forgiveness. In
this year we will have the opportunity, given to
us by Holy Mother Church, to receive the Jubilee
Indulgence. How deeply the Holy Father desires
that humanity receive forgiveness, grace and
mercy! His desire is so great that he has made
great concessions so that everyone will have the
opportunity to receive this indulgence. It seems
that the Holy Father, with a prophetic vision,
is inviting us to bring about a universal
forgiveness by our prayers, penance, generosity
and reconciliation.
Cardinal Etchegaray, the president of the
Committee for the Jubilee, has told us that the
true Holy Door, through which the love of God
comes forth, is the Heart of the Son, pierced on
the Cross. (“Tertium Millennium” N.2/April
1998). In “the hour” of salvation (Jn 5:24), the
veil of the sanctuary of Jerusalem was torn (Mk
15:38), and redemptive graces were poured forth
through the Christ’s wound immediately after His
Heart was pierced (Jn 19:34). In this Jubilee,
at the same time the Holy Father will open the
Holy Door on the night of December24th, the
Heart of Christ will open itself to pour out
great graces on humanity.
My brothers and sisters, we are living historic
moments; so few have had the grace we are
having. We are the people of the Third
Millennium; we are the protagonists of the Great
Jubilee of Grace, Forgiveness, Mercy and Hope.
The Heart of Jesus is open to pour forth
abundant graces of conversion; it is only
necessary that our hearts also be so in order to
receive these graces. We have to prepare our
hearts by entering into the great mystery of the
Incarnation: God has become man, has dwelt among
us, and has given us His life, His grace, His
Blood and His Body; He has given us His Heart.
I want to ask you to live this Advent conscious
that we are preparing ourselves for the Great
Jubilee, for that moment in which we are to
direct our gaze to Christ. He is the only Savior
of the world, the only Way, the only Truth, the
only Life.
I invite you to enter into the mystery of the
Incarnation and to meditate daily on the
Scriptures of one of the Gospels by following
the life of Christ, His love, His words, His
works, and His sentiments. I also exhort you to
contemplate daily the Child Jesus. If it is
possible, try to place an image in a central
place in your home where you can, in prayer,
contemplate the mystery of the love of the
Incarnation. It would be so beautiful to
maintain this image of the Child Jesus in your
homes throughout the Jubilee Year.
May we all, in this Jubilee of the Year 2000,
open our hearts wide to the Redeemer. May the
Blessed Mother – who through her Fiat at a
specific moment in time brought the Savior of
the world to us, thereby transforming history
and the human heart – guide and teach us in this
historic moment to open our hearts to all of the
saving works of Christ, so that we too can
cooperate in the transformation and conversion
of humanity today.
May this Millennium be of the Two Hearts!
In the Love of the Pierced Hearts,
Mother Adela Galindo, Foundress SCTJM
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