The Divine Doors

In the Divine Liturgy of the Eastern rites, there is a moment when the deacon cries out, "The doors, the doors! In Wisdom, let us be attentive!" In ancient times, those who were not baptized were made to leave the sanctuary, and the doors of the church were closed and locked. The Creed and the Eucharist to follow both represented Communion and the communion of restored humanity.^[1]cf. "In Wisdom Be Attentive" by Henry Karlson, June 18, 2009

This is a powerful symbol of the divine doors that hover over the Eye of the Storm...

The Door of Mercy

Our Timeline starts with the "time of mercy" that Jesus announced to St. Faustina:

Before I come as a just Judge, I first open wide the door of My mercy. He who refuses to pass through the door of My mercy must pass through the door of My justice... I am prolonging the time of mercy for the sake of [sinners]. —Divine Mercy in My Soul, Diary, Jesus to St. Faustina, n. 1146

This opening of the "door of mercy" before the breaking of the seals is seen in St. John's Revelation when he is taken up to Heaven through an open door:

After this I had a vision of an open door to heaven, and I heard the trumpet-like voice that had spoken to me before, saying, “Come up here and I will show you what must happen afterwards.” (Rev 4:1)

It is the Door of Mercy, for within it, St. John sees "a Lamb that seemed to have been slain" (Rev 5:6). That is, Jesus Christ risen, yet bearing His sacred wounds—this Lamb who will manifest himself in the Sixth Seal when...

...every eye will see him, even those who pierced him. All the peoples of the earth will lament him. (Rev 1:7)

"From the wounds in Jesus’ hands, feet, and side, bright rays of love and mercy will fall onto the entire Earth, and everything will stop," says mystic Fr. Michel Rodrigue . "The shining rays from Jesus’ wounds will pierce every heart, like tongues of fire, and we will see ourselves as if in a mirror in front of us." That which causes the "lament," Jesus revealed to the seer Jennifer , is not the sight of His wounds, "it is the depth of the soul knowing that he has placed them there. It is not the sight of My wounds bleeding that causes their suffering; it is knowing that man’s rejection of Me has caused My wounds to bleed.” ^[2]see Jennifer - Vision of the Warning

While God's "mercy endures forever" (Ps 107:1), the "time" of mercy does not. This Warning is God's final gift to mankind before He, the Creator of the universe, exercises His divine right to bring the plan of salvation to fulfillment and His creation to the purpose for which it was brought into being—and to judge those who oppose that.

But do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years and a thousand years like one day. The Lord does not delay his promise, as some regard “delay,” but he is patient with you, not wishing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come like a thief... (2 Peter 2:8-10)

What comes "like a thief" is the Warning. It heralds the arrival of the "day of the Lord". St. John records the lament that echoes through the world:

They cried out to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb, because the great day of their wrath has come and who can withstand it?” (Rev 6:16-17)

With that, the Door of Justice opens... and the Door of Mercy begins to close. According to Fr. Michel Rodrigue , mankind will be given only weeks before the Eye of the Storm passes over. "It is the hour of decision for mankind," declared Servant of God Maria Esperanza.^[3]Antichrist and the End Times, Rev. Joseph Iannuzzi, p. 37 It is the "Great Day", said St. Edmund Campion...

...wherein the terrible Judge should reveal all men’s consciences and try every man of each kind of religion. This is the day of change, this is the Great Day which I threatened, comfortable to the well-being, and terrible to all heretics.  —Cobett’s Complete Collection of State Trials…, Vol. I,  p. 1063.

Foreshadowing this "opening wide" of the Door of Mercy that is "more spacious at the end of a millennium," and the choice that must be made to pass through it or not, was St. John Paul II's Great Jubilee solemnity. He pushed open St. Peter's massive doors, prophetically pointing to "the wellspring of life and hope for the coming Third Millennium":

There is only one way that opens wide the entrance into the life of communion with God: this is Jesus, the one and absolute way to salvation. To him alone can the words of the Psalmist be applied in full truth: “This is the door of the Lord where the just may enter” (Ps 118:20). —Incarnationus Mysterium, Bull of Indiction of the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000, n. 8

Moreover, St. John Paul passed through the doors on Christmas Eve, the night that Christ was born.

For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief at night. (1 Thessalonians 5:2)

Those who have prepared for the Warning, like the wise virgins (and those who repent and come back to the Father's House), will receive the Gift of the Flame of Love, "which is Jesus Christ himself." ^[4]Jesus to Elizabeth Kindelmann, The Flame of Love, p. 38; from Elizabeth Kindelmann’s diary; 1962; Imprimatur Archbishop Charles Chaput As for the rest who remain unrepentant, "He who refuses to pass through the door of My mercy must pass through the door of My justice."

The Threshold of Hope

Now, one can see why the words we began with are so important: "Wisdom, let us be attentive!" Let us be attentive to the "signs of the times"! Let us be attentive to the state of our souls! Let us be attentive to the words of prophecy unfolding before our eyes! Let us be like the wise virgins and prepare.^[5]see Our Lady: Prepare - Part I In Wisdom, let us be attentive!

In the revelations to Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta , Jesus said that, in order to prepare for the Kingdom of the Divine Will, one must be "Be faithful and attentive." ^[6]Vol. 15, February 13th, 1923 For just as those who are "unbaptized" cannot remain in the sanctuary for the rest of the Divine Liturgy, so too, those who refuse Christ's Mercy cannot enter into the Eucharistic reign and "the communion of restored humanity" that will come about in the Era of Peace.

Then the door was locked. Afterwards the other [unwise] virgins came and said, ‘Lord, Lord, open the door for us!’ But he said in reply, ‘Amen, I say to you, I do not know you.’ (Matt 25:11-12)

To focus upon the door is to recall the responsibility of every believer to cross its threshold. To pass through that door means to confess that Jesus Christ is Lord; it is to strengthen faith in him in order to live the new life which he has given us. It is a decision which presumes freedom to choose and also the courage to leave something behind, in the knowledge that what is gained is divine life (cf. Mt 13:44-46). —POPE ST. JOHN PAUL II, Incarnationus Mysterium, Bull of Indiction of the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000, n. 8

Read The Doors of St. Faustina by Mark Mallett at "The Now Word".