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The Pope said that to pass through the narrow gate, means “we must commit ourselves to being small, that is humble of heart like Jesus; like Mary, His and our mother”.  “Christians call upon Her as Ianua Caeli, Heaven’s Gate,” the Pope said.  “Let us ask Her to guide us in our daily choices and take us to the path that leads to ‘Heaven’s Gate’.”

The Pope added that Christ is the one Redeemer, “inviting us to his feast of immortal life, but on one and only one condition, that of following and imitating him, bearing as He did our own cross and devoting one’s life to one’s brothers. This is the single, universal condition to join the heavenly life.”