The Weekly Francis – 27 September 2022

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week, from 15 September 2022 to 27 September 2022.

Angelus

Speeches

Papal Tweets

  • “Our models of consumption and production, and our lifestyles, must respect creation and the integral human development of all peoples. Let us renew the covenant between human beings and the environment, a mirror reflecting the creative love of God. #TimeofCreation” @Pontifex, 22 September 2022
  • “Charity inspired by faith has the power to disarm the forces of evil. Saint #PadrePio of Pietrelcina fought evil throughout his life: with humility, with obedience, and with the Cross, offering up suffering for love.” @Pontifex, 23 September 2022
  • “A society and an economy without young people are sad, pessimistic and cynical. We are grateful to God that you are here. I am counting on you! Do not be afraid to bother us! Be an example for us! #EconomyOfFrancesco” @Pontifex, 24 September 2022
  • “In the crucial moments of history, those who left a good mark were able to do so because they translated ideals, desires and values into concrete actions. You will change the economic world if you use your hands together with your heart and head. #EconomyOfFrancesco” @Pontifex, 24 September 2022
  • “Do not forget about workers. Without dignified work and just remuneration, young people will not truly become adults and inequality will increase. Do not forget to create work, good work, work for everyone. #EconomyOfFrancesco” @Pontifex, 24 September 2022
  • “Look at the world with the eyes of the poorest. You too will improve the economy if you look at things from the perspective of victims and the discarded. If you become friends of the poor and share their life, you will have a share in the Kingdom of God. #EconomyOfFrancesco” @Pontifex, 24 September 2022
  • “There is no “Economy of Francesco” without respect, care and love for the poor, for every poor person, for every fragile and vulnerable person, from conception in the womb to the sick person with disabilities, to the elderly person in difficulty. #EconomyOfFrancesco” @Pontifex, 24 September 2022
  • “The first capital of any society is spiritual, for this is what engenders the joy of living that is also necessary for the economy. The fragility of many young people comes from a lack of this precious spiritual capital. #EconomyOfFrancesco” @Pontifex, 24 September 2022
  • “The plant paradigm takes a different approach to earth and environment. Plants cooperate with all the surroundings environment; even when they compete, they cooperate for the good of the ecosystem. Let’s learn from the meekness of plants! #EconomyOfFrancesco #TimeOfCreation” @Pontifex, 24 September 2022
  • “Today, a new economy inspired by Francis of Assisi can and must become an economy of friendship with the earth and an economy of peace. It is a question of transforming an economy that kills into an economy of life, in all its aspects. #EconomyOfFrancesco” @Pontifex, 24 September 2022
  • “Current consumerism seeks to fill the void of human relationships with ever more sophisticated commodities – loneliness is big business in our time! – but in this way it generates a famine of happiness. #EconomyOfFrancesco” @Pontifex, 24 September 2022
  • “Let’s #PrayTogether invoking the intercession of the Virgin Mary for #Myanmar. This week I heard the cry of grief at the death of children in a bombed school. May the lament of these little ones not go unheard! These tragedies must not happen!” @Pontifex, 25 September 2022
  • “I join in the appeal of the bishops of #Cameroon for the liberation of eight people kidnapped in the diocese of Mamfe, including five priests and a religious sister. Let’s #PrayTogether for them and for the peoples of Bamenda: may the Lord grant #peace to that dear country.” @Pontifex, 25 September 2022
  • “Mary, Queen of Peace, comfort the Ukrainian people and obtain from the heads of Nations the strength of will to find immediate, effective initiatives to bring the war to an end. #Peace #PrayTogether” @Pontifex, 25 September 2022
  • “Let us return to the taste of bread, because while injustice and discrimination against the poor continue in the world, Jesus gives us the Bread of Sharing and sends us out daily as apostles of fraternity, justice and peace.” @Pontifex, 25 September 2022
  • “The #Eucharist invites us to conversion: from indifference to compassion, from waste to sharing, from individualism to fraternity, because there is no true Eucharistic worship without compassion for the many “Lazaruses” who walk beside us even today.” @Pontifex, 25 September 2022
  • “#TodaysGospel tells us that bread is not always shared on the world table; the fragrance of communion does not always emanate; it is not always broken in justice: on one side a rich man clothed in purple, on the other a poor man covered in sores.” @Pontifex, 25 September 2022
  • “Today is World Day of Migrants and Refugees. Let us renew our commitment to building a future that puts migrants, refugees, displaced persons and victims of human trafficking at the centre. The Kingdom of God is built together with them. #WDMR2022 @M_RSection” @Pontifex, 25 September 2022
  • “The rich man does not even have a name; instead the poor man has a name, Lazarus, which means “God helps”. Despite his marginalised condition, his dignity is intact because he lives in a relationship with God, the unshakeable hope of his life.” @Pontifex, 25 September 2022
  • “I wish once more to declare that the use of atomic energy for purposes of war is today, more than ever, a crime not only against the dignity of human beings but against any possible future for our common home. #Peace #NuclearDisarmament #TimeofCreation” @Pontifex, 26 September 2022
  • “I pray that the Church, and each of us, may be granted the grace to discover the Lord Jesus in our brothers or sisters who are hungry, thirsty, strangers, lacking clothing and dignity, sick and imprisoned. #Charity #SaintVincentDePaul” @Pontifex, 27 September 2022

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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.