The Weekly Francis – 6 September 2022

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week, from 21 July 2022 to 6 September 2022.

Angelus

Apostolic Letter

General Audiences

Homilies

Messages

Speeches

Papal Tweets

  • “Discernment is demanding but indispensable for living. It requires a filial relationship with God. God is Father and He does not leave us alone. He is always willing to welcome us. But He never imposes His will. Why? Because He wants to be loved and not feared. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex, 31 August 2022
  • “Let us #PrayTogether that the death penalty, which attacks the dignity of the human person, may be legally abolished in every country. #PrayerIntention TVT YouTube” @Pontifex, 31 August 2022
  • “I am following with concern the violent events in Baghdad in recent days. Let us #PrayTogether for the people of Iraq. Dialogue and fraternity are the best way to face the current difficulties and reach peaceful living together.” @Pontifex, 31 August 2022
  • “God wants children, not slaves: free children. And love can only be lived in freedom. To learn to live one must learn to love, and for this it is necessary to discern. PLf Vatican” @Pontifex, 31 August 2022
  • “Today, more than ever, we need a non-worldly liturgy, one that makes us raise our eyes toward Heaven to experience that the world and life are inhabited by the Mystery of Christ; and at the same time, a liturgy that is not distanced from life.” @Pontifex, 1 September 2022
  • “Let us #PrayTogether during this #SeasonOfCreation so that the UN COP27 and COP15 Summits might unite the human family in decisively confronting the double crisis of climate change and the reduction of biodiversity.” @Pontifex, 1 September 2022
  • “May this year’s theme, “Listen to the voice of creation”, foster a concrete commitment in each person to take care of our common home. Prey to our consumerist excesses, our sister, mother earth, weeps and implores us to put an end to our abuses and destruction. #SeasonOfCreation” @Pontifex, 1 September 2022
  • “Today we celebrate the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, and the beginning of the #SeasonOfCreation, which will conclude on 4 October, the Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi.” @Pontifex, 1 September 2022
  • “This #SeasonofCreation is an opportunity to cultivate our “ecological conversion,” a conversion encouraged by Saint John Paul II as a response to the “ecological catastrophe” predicted by Saint Paul VI back in 1970.
    https://t.co/GEsiGVPhRw Message” @Pontifex, 2 September 2022
  • “In this #SeasonofCreation, we pray once more in the great cathedral of creation, and revel in the grandiose cosmic choir made up of countless creatures singing God’s praises. #PrayTogether https://t.co/iKWbVyKfuW” @Pontifex, 3 September 2022
  • “Following Jesus means bearing, like him, one’s own burdens and those of others, making one’s life a gift. Jesus asks this of us: live the Gospel and you will live your life, not halfway but to the full.” @Pontifex, 4 September 2022
  • “Let us pray to #PopeJohnPaulI. Let us ask him to obtain for us ”the smile of the soul“. Using his own words, let us ask for what he himself used to request: ”Lord, take me as I am, with my defects, with my shortcomings, but help me become what you desire me to be.”” @Pontifex, 4 September 2022
  • “Blessed #JohnPaulI considered himself like dust in which God deigned to write. Therefore, he used to say, ”the Lord recommended this a lot: be humble. Even if you have done great things, say: ‘We are useless servants.’ “” @Pontifex, 4 September 2022
  • “In the #GospelOfTheDay (Lk 14:25–33), the Lord’s discourse isnot that appealing and is quite demanding: whoever does not love him more than his or her own dear ones, whoever does not carry the cross, whoever is not detached from earthly goods, cannot be his disciple.” @Pontifex, 4 September 2022
  • “If shared with love, a small amount never ends, but becomes a source of life and happiness. Such is the case with our alms, whether small or large, when offered with joy and simplicity. #InternationalDayofCharity” @Pontifex, 5 September 2022
  • “#MotherTeresa loved to say, “Perhaps I don’t speak their language, but I can smile”. Let us carry her smile in our hearts and give it to those whom we meet along our journey, especially those who suffer. In this way, we will open up opportunities of joy and hope.” @Pontifex, 5 September 2022
  • “The sweet song of creation invites us to practise an “ecological spirituality” attentive to God’s presence in the natural world, aware that everything was created through Christ and that ”without Him not one thing came into being” (Jn 1:3). #SeasonofCreation” @Pontifex, 6 September 2022

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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.