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Letter to Priests of the Archdiocese-October 1, 1999.
Dear brothers, The Advent season will begin in a few weeks, and this year will be the liturgical start of the Jubilee. The desire to let the Lord visit us at his coming acquires a singular force in light of this event. At Christmas the Holy Door will open and, foreseeing this moment, the oft-repeated invitation of the Pope resonates in my heart: "Open the doors to the Redeemer" (APR 1), "Open the door to Christ" (RM 3). The Nativity of the Lord must find us thus, "like servants who await their master's return. ready to open immediately" (Lk 12: 36). This letter to you arises from the desire to exhort you, as pastor and brother, to open the doors to the Lord: the doors of the heart, the doors of the mind, the doors of our churches. all doors. Opening doors is a Christian and a priestly task.