“Venite ad me omnes”
 

    For the Christian community, the door of the Church is  a constant reminder of the unity and universality of the people of God chosen and called by Christ the Lord  who recapitulates and transfigures the whole creation and all of human history (cf.  Benedizionale, nn.1434-1435).  
 

    The center of the whole artwork of the portal towards which all other figures converge is the image of "the Good Shepherd."  Risen in glory, Jesus the Lord continues to  invite all: “Venite ad me omnes” (Mt 11,28). Blessed James Alberione had this appeal at heart and wanted that it resound unceasingly to the people of the new century.

     The olive branch accompanies the movement of the people of the Old Covenant in which the pagans, the wild olive branch, are grafted (cf Rm 11:17). It is in this that we have the "meeting" between the new and the old, between the apostles of the old and new times, all journeying together towards Christ, on the way to the heavenly Jerusalem.