The Weekly Francis – 30 December 2020

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 16 October 2020 to 30 December 2020.

Angelus

General Audiences

Homilies

Letters

Messages

Motu Proprio

Speeches

Papal Tweets

  • “The events of this year teach us the importance of caring for each other and creation. Therefore I have chosen, as the theme for the Message for the 54th #WorldPeaceDay, ”The culture of care as a journey of peace“. http://vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/peace/documents/papa-francesco_20201208_messaggio–54giornatamondiale-pace2021.html” @Pontifex 17 December 2020
  • ““Our soul waits for the Lord: he is our help and shield. Yes, our heart is glad in him” (Ps 33:20–21). The confident expectation of the Lord allows us to find comfort and courage in the dark moments of our lives. #Adven” @Pontifex 17 December 2020
  • “Loving our neighbour as ourselves means being committed to building a world in which everyone has access to the goods of the earth, in which all can develop as individuals and as families, and in which fundamental rights and dignity are guaranteed to all. #MigrantsDay” @Pontifex 18 December 2020
  • “I encourage you to dedicate time to prayer, meditating in the light of the Word of God, so that the Holy Spirit who inhabits it might illuminate the path to follow and transform our hearts, as we await the birth of Our Lord Jesus. #Advent” @Pontifex 18 December 2020
  • “The Christmas tree and the Nativity scene are signs of hope, especially in this difficult time. Let us be sure we do not stop at the sign, but get to the meaning, that is, to Jesus, to the love of God that He revealed to us, the infinite goodness that he made shine on the world.” @Pontifex 19 December 2020
  • “#Solidarity finds concrete expression in service, which can take a variety of forms in an effort to care for others. And service means caring for the vulnerable members of our families, our society, our people. #HumanSolidarityDay” @Pontifex 20 December 2020
  • “Instead of complaining in these difficult times about what the pandemic prevents us from doing, let us do something for someone who has less: not the umpteenth gift for ourselves and our friends, but for a person in need whom no-one thinks of! #Angelus” @Pontifex 20 December 2020
  • “Jesus does not wait until we are good to love us, but gives Himself freely to us.” @Pontifex 21 December 2020
  • “Those who fail to view a crisis in the light of the Gospel simply perform an autopsy on a cadaver. They see the crisis, but not the hope and the light brought by the Gospel. Speech” @Pontifex 21 December 2020
  • “May the joyous expectation of the coming of the Saviour who became man, like us, fill our hearts with hope and peace. #Advent” @Pontifex 22 December 2020
  • “Christmas is the feast of God’s love for us: the divine love that inspires, directs and corrects change, and defeats the human fear of leaving ”safety“ to cast us back onto the ”mystery“.” @Pontifex 24 December 2020
  • “Follow the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord – Midnight Mass – Saint Peter’s Basilica at 19:30 (CET) Event” @Pontifex 24 December 2020
  • “God came among us in poverty and need, to tell us that in serving the poor, we will show our love for him. From this night onward, as a poet wrote, “God’s residence is next to mine, his furniture is love” (Emily Dickinson, Poems, XVII). #Christmas” @Pontifex 24 December 2020
  • “God came into the world as a child to make us children of God. What a magnificent gift! This day, God amazes us and says to each of us: “You are amazing”. #Christmas” @Pontifex 24 December 2020
  • “#Christmas Image” @Pontifex 24 December 2020
  • “The birth of Jesus is the “newness” that enables us to be reborn each year and to find, in him, the strength needed to face every trial. #Christmas” @Pontifex 24 December 2020
  • ““To us a child is born” (Is 9:6). He came to save us! He tells us that pain and evil are not the final word. To become resigned to violence and injustice would be to reject the joy and hope of Christmas.” @Pontifex 25 December 2020
  • “Thanks to this Child, all of us can speak to God and call him “Father”. We can all call one another brothers and sisters. We come from every continent, from every language and culture, with our own identities and differences, yet we are all brothers and sisters.” @Pontifex 25 December 2020
  • “Every other person is my brother or my sister. In everyone, I see reflected the face of God, and in those who suffer, I see the Lord pleading for my help. I see him in the sick, the poor, the unemployed, the marginalized, the migrant and the refugee.” @Pontifex 25 December 2020
  • “By his birth in the flesh, the Son of God consecrated familial love. My thoughts at this moment turn to families: to those who cannot come together today and to those forced to remain at home.” @Pontifex 25 December 2020
  • “May Christmas be an opportunity for all of us to rediscover the family as a cradle of life and faith, a place of acceptance and love, dialogue, forgiveness, fraternal solidarity and shared joy, a source of peace for all humanity.” @Pontifex 25 December 2020
  • “In the past few days I have received Christmas greetings from Rome and other parts of the world. Since it is impossible to respond to everyone, I express my gratitude to everyone, especially for the gift of prayer, which I willingly reciprocate.” @Pontifex 26 December 2020
  • “Saint Stephan is the first martyr, the first of a host of brothers and sisters who continue to bring the light into the darkness – while he was on the receiving end of the stones of hatred, reciprocated with words of forgiveness. He thus changed history.” @Pontifex 26 December 2020
  • “We too can change evil into good each day. Loving actions change history: even the ones that are small, hidden, everyday. For God guides history through the humble courage of those who pray, love and forgive.” @Pontifex 26 December 2020
  • “I have decided to declare a special year dedicated to the Family #Amorislaetitia, which will be inaugurated on the next Solemnity of Saint Joseph. Let us entrust this journey with families all over the world to the Holy Family of Nazareth.” @Pontifex 27 December 2020
  • “While humanity’s ruin is that everyone goes their own way, in the nativity scene everyone converges upon Jesus, Prince of Peace in the night of the world. #Nativityscene” @Pontifex 28 December 2020
  • “The Son of God was born an outcast, in order to tell us that every outcast is a child of God. He came into the world as each child comes into the world, weak and vulnerable, so that we can learn to accept our weaknesses with tender love.” @Pontifex 29 December 2020
  • “Yesterday, an earthquake in Croatia caused victims and caused serious damage. I express my closeness to the wounded and to those who have been affected by the quake and I pray in particular for those who have lost their lives and for their families.” @Pontifex 30 December 2020
  • “The #prayer of thanksgiving begins by recognizing that we were thought of before we learned how to think; we were loved before we learned how to love. If we view life like this, then “thank you” becomes the driving force of our day. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex 30 December 2020
  • “The Son of God comes down from heaven and comes to earth to bring us to heaven! This is what we need to meditate on, contemplate, what we need to reflect on during #Christmas.” @Pontifex 30 December 2020

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Author: jeffmiller

Jeff Miller is a former atheist who after spending forty years in the wilderness finds himself with both astonishment and joy a member of the Catholic Church.