Jubilee of Hope Exposes Modernist Apostasy in Vatican Rituals
Catholic News Agency reports the closure of the Holy Door at St. Mary Major Basilica on December 25, 2025, marking the beginning of the end for the “Jubilee Year of Hope” convened by the conciliar sect. Cardinal Rolandas Makrickas presided over the ceremony, declaring:
“It is not divine grace that is being closed but a special time for the Church, and what remains open forever is the merciful heart of God.”
The article notes three additional door-closing ceremonies culminating in a January 6th ceremony where antipope Leo XIV will shutter St. Peter’s Holy Door. This theatrical conclusion to a post-conciliar innovation exposes the theological bankruptcy of the Vatican II sect.
Sacramental Theology Replaced by Naturalistic Sentimentalism
Makrickas’ statement that “divine grace” isn’t being closed contradicts the ex opere operato (by the work performed) nature of sacraments. The Church teaches that Jubilee graces flow through specific ecclesiastical actions established by lawful authority (Pius XI, Quas Primas). By reducing the Holy Door to mere symbolism, the cardinal denies the objective reality of sacramental economy. His claim that “the door that truly matters is the door of the heart” echoes the Protestant heresy of sola fide (faith alone), condemned in Session VI of the Council of Trent:
“If anyone says that the sacraments of the New Law do not contain the grace which they signify… let him be anathema.” (Canon 6)
The article’s emphasis on “becoming doors open to others” replaces sacramental efficacy with anthropocentric activism. This reflects the conciliar sect’s abandonment of ex cathedra definitions in favor of what Pius X condemned as “the evolution of dogmas” in Lamentabili Sane (Proposition 22).
Illegitimate Authority Presiding Over Invalid Rites
The report acknowledges the Jubilee unfolded “under two pontificates,” inadvertently revealing the instability of the counterfeit church. True popes don’t reign in succession with antipopes, as Cum Ex Apostolatus Officio establishes:
“If any cleric… has deviated from the Catholic Faith… his promotion or elevation is null, void, and of no effect.” (Paul IV, 1559)
Cardinal Makrickas’ appeal to antipope Leo XIV’s teaching about hope being “not evasion but decision” confirms the sect’s rejection of theological virtue. The Catechism of St. Pius X defines hope as “a supernatural virtue by which we firmly trust that God will give us eternal life,” not psychological resolve. The article’s silence about repentance, confession, or the Four Last Things exposes the jubilee’s nature as a modernist spectacle devoid of supernatural content.
Holy Doors: From Sacramental Signs to Masonic Symbols
The ritualistic opening/closing of Holy Doors constitutes novelty unknown to Tradition. The 1917 Catholic Encyclopedia notes jubilees require:
- Visitation of designated churches
- Prayer for the Pope’s intentions
- Confession and Holy Communion
- Works of mercy or fasting
The conciliar sect replaces these with theatrical door ceremonies, revealing its Masonic character. St. Pius X’s Pascendi Dominici Gregis anticipated this:
“Modernists substitute for divine worship a religion which consists of religious sentiment.” (n.14)
Cardinal Makrickas’ reference to “three great doors that always remain open” (Isaiah’s peace message, Hebrews’ call to listen, John’s light/darkness motif) constitutes scriptural abuse. The Vulgate uses “ostium” (door) 22 times, never as metaphor for social activism. This eisegesis fulfills Pius IX’s condemnation in the Syllabus of Errors:
“Divine revelation is imperfect, and therefore subject to continual evolution.” (Proposition 5)
Conclusion: Sacrilege Disguised as Liturgy
The article’s closing reference to “Christian hope inspiring believers to give their lives for others” completes the naturalization of supernatural virtue. Nowhere does Makrickas mention the sine qua non of salvation: membership in Christ’s Mystical Body through valid sacraments. The ceremony’s aesthetic trappings disguise its essence as what St. Robert Bellarmine called “cultus indebitus” (unlawful worship) when performed by heretical clergy. As the true Church endures in catacombs while usurpers occupy basilicas, faithful Catholics recall Pius XI’s warning:
“The peace of Christ can only be found in the kingdom of Christ.” (Quas Primas, n.1)
Source:
First Holy Door closed: ‘Special time for the Church is closed, but not God’s grace’ (catholicnewsagency.com)
Date: 26.12.2025