“We are so happy to welcome you on this day to offer the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and to receive God's mercy and pardon during this time,” said Fr. Markey in his homily. “It is fortuitous that we celebrate this Jubilee on this day, the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter. Today, we celebrate the authority granted to the Church by Christ, to the Pope, to bind and loose, and also to open the treasures of mercy, so that when the Pope says this particular act is an indulgence, we can receive the complete remission of all of our sins, for ourselves or someone else.”
Mass concluded with the recitation of the Chaplet of Divine Mercy led by Fr. Markey. “This Jubilee year, this time of mercy, we should all have great confidence in God's pardon,” he said. A light reception in Bl. Frassati Student Center followed.