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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.

The Weekly Francis – 12 June 2019

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 1 June 2019 to 12 June 2019.

General Audiences

Homilies

Messages

Speeches

Papal Tweets

  • “Today, with gratitude to God, we remember that our body contains the elements of the planet: its air is that which gives us breath, and its water revives and restores us. #BeatAirPollution #LaudatoSì” @Pontifex 5 June 2019
  • “Pope’s Prayer Intentions Video” @Pontifex 6 June 2019
  • “How do I know the Lord listens to me? We have a certainty: Jesus. He is the great intercessor. He ascended into Heaven, and He stands before the Father to intercede for us. His prayer of intercession is never-ending.” @Pontifex 7 June 2019
  • “Lord, defuse the violence of our tongues and our hands. Renew our hearts and minds, so that the word which always brings us together will be ”brother“, and our way of life will always be: Peace. #OneMinuteForPeace” @Pontifex 8 June 2019
  • “Holy Spirit, breathe into our hearts and let us inhale the tenderness of the Father. Breathe upon the Church, so that she may spread the Gospel with joy. Breathe upon the world the fresh restoration of hope. #Pentecost” @Pontifex 8 June 2019
  • “Lord, defuse the violence of our tongues and our hands. Renew our hearts and minds, so that the word which always brings us together will be ”brother“, and our way of life will always be: Peace. #OneMinuteForPeace” @Pontifex 8 June 2019
  • “To men and women missionaries, and to all those who, by virtue of their baptism, share in any way in the mission of the Church, I send my heartfelt blessing. #MissionaryOctober #Pentecost
    http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/missions/documents/papa-francesco_20190609_giornata-missionaria2019.html …” @Pontifex 9 June 2019
  • “Holy #MaryMotherOfTheChurch, help us to entrust ourselves fully to Jesus and to believe in His love, especially in times of trial, beneath the shadow of the Cross, when our faith is called to mature.” @Pontifex 10 June 2019
  • “Give freely that which you have received freely, so that God’s graces may reach the hearts of all. #SantaMarta” @Pontifex 11 June 2019
  • “As adults we must not rob children of their capacity to dream. Let us seek to promote an environment of hope, where their dreams may grow and be shared: A shared dream opens the path towards a new way of life. #NOChildLabourDay” @Pontifex 12 June 2019

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The Weekly Francis – 06 June 2019

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 30 April 2019 to 5 June 2019.

Angelus

Daily Homilies (fervorinos)

General Audiences

Homilies

Messages

Regina Coeli

Speeches

Papal Tweets

  • “With His ascension the risen Lord draws our gaze to Heaven, to show us that the goal of our journey is the Father.” @Pontifex 30 May 2019
  • “Tomorrow I will go to Romania as a pilgrim, to walk together with our brothers of the Romanian Orthodox Church and with the Catholic faithful. I ask you, please, to pray for me.” @Pontifex 30 May 2019
  • “The Holy Spirit loves to shape unity from the most beautiful and harmonious diversity. #ApostolicJourney #Romania” @Pontifex 31 May 2019
  • “Contemplating Mary allows us to turn our gaze to all those many women, mothers and grandmothers who, by their quiet sacrifices, devotion and self-denial, are shaping the present and preparing the way for tomorrow’s dreams. #ApostolicJourney #Romania” @Pontifex 31 May 2019
  • “Dear parents, help your children discover the love of Jesus! This will make them strong and courageous. #GlobalParentsDay” @Pontifex 1 June 2019
  • “Let us journey together, allowing the Gospel to be the leaven that permeates everything and fills our peoples with the joy of salvation! #ApostolicJourney #Romania” @Pontifex 1 June 2019
  • “God loves with a Father’s love. Every life, and every one of us, belongs to him. #ApostolicJourney #Romania” @Pontifex 1 June 2019
  • “The feast of the Ascension urges us to raise our eyes to Heaven, to fulfil, with the grace of our risen Lord, the mission He has entrusted to us: to announce the Gospel to everyone.” @Pontifex 2 June 2019
  • “As Christians we are called to manifest, even on the internet, the communion that marks our identity as believers, opening the way to dialogue, encounter, and to smiles. #WorldCommunicationsDay” @Pontifex 2 June 2019
  • “May you be witnesses of freedom and mercy, allowing fraternity and dialogue to prevail over divisions. #ApostolicJourney #Romania” @Pontifex 2 June 2019
  • “Let us choose the way of Jesus. It is a way that demands effort, but the way that brings peace. #ApostolicJourney #Romania” @Pontifex 2 June 2019
  • “Fecioara Maria să-și întindă ocrotirea ei de mamă peste toți cetățenii României care, în decursul istoriei, și-au pus întotdeauna încrederea în mijlocirea ei. Fecioarei Maria vă încredințez pe voi toți și mă rog pentru ca ea să vă călăuzească pe calea credinței. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex 2 June 2019
  • “The Ascension of our Lord into Heaven inaugurates a new form of the presence of Jesus amongst us, and asks us to have the eyes and the heart to encounter Him, serve Him, and be His witness to others.” @Pontifex 3 June 2019
  • “Without wonder, faith, like life, becomes grey and routine.” @Pontifex 4 June 2019
  • “Euthanasia and assisted suicide are a defeat for all. We are called never to abandon those who are suffering, never giving up but caring and loving to restore hope.” @Pontifex 5 June 2019
  • “Today, with gratitude to God, we remember that our body contains the elements of the planet: its air is that which gives us breath, and its water revives and restores us. #BeatAirPollution #LaudatoSì” @Pontifex 5 June 2019
  • “Video” @Pontifex 5 June 2019

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The Weekly Francis – 29 May 2019

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 26 March 2019 to 29 May 2019.

General Audiences

Homilies

Messages

Motu Proprio

Regina Coeli

Speeches

Papal Tweets

  • ““The word of God is alive” (Hebrews 4:12); it does not die or get old, but remains forever.” @Pontifex 16 May 2019
  • “Let yourself be transformed and renewed by the Holy Spirit, in order to bring Christ into every environment and to give witness to the joy and youthfulness of the Gospel!” @Pontifex 17 May 2019
  • “It is the Spirit who is the protagonist of Christian life, the Holy Spirit, who is with us, accompanies us, transforms us, is victorious with us.” @Pontifex 18 May 2019
  • “Let us remain united to the Lord Jesus through listening to the Word, through the sacraments, a life of fraternity and service to others.” @Pontifex 19 May 2019
  • “We pray for those who live with severe illness. Let us always safeguard life, God’s gift, from its beginning until its natural end. Let us not give in to a throwaway culture.” @Pontifex 20 May 2019
  • “The peace of Jesus is a gift. We cannot obtain it through human means. The peace of Jesus is something else: the peace of Jesus teaches us to endure. To endure is to carry life on our shoulders, our difficulties, our work, everything, and to have the courage to go forward.” @Pontifex 21 May 2019
  • “Every creature has a function, none is superfluous. The whole universe speaks the language of God’s love, of His boundless affection for us: soil, water, mountains, everything is God’s caress. #Biodiversity #LaudatoSì’” @Pontifex 22 May 2019
  • “God does not reside in the greatness of that which we accomplish, but in the littleness of the poor persons that we meet. #Caritas” @Pontifex 23 May 2019
  • “We pray for the Catholics in China. May Our Lady of Sheshan help them witness to the faith, in communion with the universal Church, and to persevere in unity despite the wounds and the trials, trusting in the hope that does not disappoint.” @Pontifex 24 May 2019
  • “Mary is a woman who walks with the grace and the tenderness of a mother; she unties all the knots of the many problems we manage to create, and she teaches us to stand upright in the midst of storms. #MaryHelpOfChristians” @Pontifex 24 May 2019
  • “Mercy shown to those who can only receive, without giving anything in return, is precious in the eyes of God.” @Pontifex 25 May 2019
  • “It is the Spirit who makes us arise from our limitations, from our deaths, because we have so many necroses in our life, in our soul. The message of the Resurrection is this: we must be reborn.” @Pontifex 26 May 2019
  • “Even today so many Christians are killed and persecuted for the love of Christ. They give their lives in silence, because their martyrdom isn’t newsworthy. Yet there are more Christian martyrs today than in the early centuries.” @Pontifex 27 May 2019
  • “In our lives there are crosses, there are difficult moments. But in these difficult moments we feel that the Holy Spirit helps us to go forward and to overcome the difficulties. #SantaMarta” @Pontifex 28 May 2019
  • “If you trust in the goodness of the Lord, you will understand the meaning of events and the purpose of your life.” @Pontifex 29 May 2019

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The Weekly Francis – 15 May 2019

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 18 March 2019 to 15 May 2019.

Daily Homilies (fervorinos)

General Audiences

Letters

Motu Proprio

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Papal Tweets

  • “Today we ask for the grace to be docile to the voice of the Lord and for a heart open to the Lord; for the grace not to be afraid to do great things and the sensitivity to pay attention to the small things. #SantaMarta” @Pontifex 10 May 2019
  • “This is the time of mercy; this is the time of the Lord’s compassion. Let us open our hearts so that He may come to us.” @Pontifex 11 May 2019
  • “God has placed this plan in our hearts and in all creation: to love Him, our brothers and sisters, and the whole world, and to find true happiness in this love.” @Pontifex 12 May 2019
  • “On this World Day of Prayer for Vocations, let us join in prayer and ask the Lord to help us discover his plan of love for our lives, and to grant us the courage to walk in the path that, from the beginning, he has chosen for each of us. #Vocations http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/vocations/documents/papa-francesco_20190131_56-messaggio-giornata-mondiale-vocazioni.html …” @Pontifex 12 May 2019
  • “Mary, Virgin of #Fatima, we are certain that each one of us is precious in your eyes and that nothing in our hearts has estranged you. Guard our life with your embrace, guide us all on the path to holiness.” @Pontifex 13 May 2019
  • “God proposes Himself, He never imposes Himself; He enlightens us, but never blinds us.” @Pontifex 14 May 2019
  • “Promoting the development of the #family means supporting and caring for every human person and for all of creation. #ClimateAction” @Pontifex 15 May 2019

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The Weekly Francis – 08 May 2019

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 16 April 2019 to 8 May 2019.

General Audiences

Homilies

Messages

Prayers

Regina Coeli

Speeches

Papal Tweets

  • “Video” @Pontifex 2 May 2019
  • “We need a journalism that is free, at the service of truth, goodness, and justice; a journalism that helps build a culture of encounter. #DefendMediaFreedom” @Pontifex 3 May 2019
  • “In many countries May is the month of Mary. May the Mother of God accompany us and protect Christians in fighting against the forces of evil. Let us entrust ourselves to her and pray for the Church and for peace in the world.” @Pontifex 3 May 2019
  • “I ask you to accompany with your prayers my journey to Bulgaria and North Macedonia, which I begin tomorrow as a pilgrim of peace and fraternity. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex 4 May 2019
  • “As Saint Cyril said: “With joy I set out for the Christian faith; however weary and physically weak, I will go with joy”. #ApostolicJourney #Bulgaria http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2019/may/documents/papa-francesco_20190505_bulgaria-patriarca.html …” @Pontifex 5 May 2019
  • “Every morning, God comes to find us where we are. He summons us to rise at his word, to look up and to realize that we were made for heaven. #ApostolicJourney #Bulgaria http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/homilies/2019/documents/papa-francesco_20190505_omelia-bulgaria.html …” @Pontifex 5 May 2019
  • “As Pope John XXIII said: “I never met a pessimist who managed to do something good”. The Lord is the first not to be pessimistic. He constantly tries to open up paths of resurrection for all of us. #ApostolicJourney #Bulgaria” @Pontifex 6 May 2019
  • “May each of us, wherever we may be, in all that we do, be able to say: “Lord, make me an instrument of your peace”. #ApostolicJourney #Bulgaria http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/prayers/documents/papa-francesco_preghiere_20190506_bulgaria-preghiera-pace.html …” @Pontifex 6 May 2019
  • “Mother Teresa, we ask you to intercede with Jesus, that we too may obtain the grace to be attentive to the cry of the poor, the sick, the outcast and the least of our brothers and sisters. #ApostolicJourney #NorthMacedonia http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/prayers/documents/papa-francesco_preghiere_20190507_macedoniadelnord-preghiera.html …” @Pontifex 7 May 2019
  • “Faith must lead us believers to see other persons as our brothers and sisters that we need to support and love. #ApostolicJourney #NorthMacedonia http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2019/may/documents/papa-francesco_20190507_macedoniadelnord-giovani.html …” @Pontifex 7 May 2019
  • “Virgin of the #HolyRosary, help us to be of one heart and one soul, a holy people journeying toward our Heavenly home.” @Pontifex 8 May 2019

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The Weekly Francis – 01 May 2019

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 18 April 2019 to 1 May 2019.

General Audiences

Homilies

Messages

Prayers

Regina Coeli

Speeches

Papal Tweets

  • “Christ is risen, and with Him our creative hope arises to face the problems of our day, because we know we are not alone. #Easter” @Pontifex 25 April 2019
  • “During these #Easter days, proclaim with your life and with your words, the wonderful news that Jesus is Risen.” @Pontifex 26 April 2019
  • “The Lord seeks everyone, He wants everyone to feel the warmth of His mercy and His love.” @Pontifex 27 April 2019
  • “If we open our hearts to mercy and we seal forgiveness with a fraternal embrace, we proclaim before the world that it is possible to overcome evil with good. #DivineMercy” @Pontifex 28 April 2019
  • “God searches for you, even if you don’t search for Him. God loves you, even if you have forgotten Him. God looks for beauty in you, even if you think you have uselessly squandered all your talents.” @Pontifex 29 April 2019
  • “Let us ask the Lord to grant us the awareness that we cannot truly be Christians unless we walk with the Holy Spirit, unless we let the Holy Spirit be the protagonist of our life. #SantaMarta” @Pontifex 30 April 2019
  • “May St Joseph, the humble workman of Nazareth, direct us toward Christ, support the sacrifice of those who do good, and intercede for those who have lost their job or who are not successful in finding a job.” @Pontifex 1 May 2019

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The Weekly Francis – 24 April 2019

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 7 March 2019 to 24 April 2019.

Angelus

Daily Homilies (fervorinos)

General Audiences

Homilies

Messages

Speeches

Papal Tweets

  • “From the Cross, Jesus teaches us the powerful courage of renunciation. Because we will never go forward if we are weighed down by heavy loads. #Lent” @Pontifex 11 April 2019
  • “Fasting also means changing our attitude towards other people and towards all creatures: from the temptation to “devour” everything to satisfy our greed, to the ability to suffer for love. #Lent” @Pontifex 12 April 2019
  • “If we return to the Lord with our frailties, if we take the way of love, we will embrace the life that never fades. And we will experience joy. #Lent” @Pontifex 13 April 2019
  • “By his self-abasement, Jesus wanted to open up to us the path of faith and to precede us on that path. #PalmSunday #HolyWeek Homily @Pontifex 14 April 2019
  • “Today, World Youth Day, I would like to mention all those young saints, especially the saints “next door” to us, known only to God; sometimes he likes to surprise us with them. #DiocesanWYD” @Pontifex 14 April 2019
  • “Christ, out of love, sacrificed himself completely in order to save you. His outstretched arms on the cross are the most telling sign that he is a friend who is willing to stop at nothing. #HolyWeek” @Pontifex 15 April 2019
  • “Today we unite in prayer with the people of France, as we wait for the sorrow inflicted by the serious damage to be transformed into hope with reconstruction. Holy Mary, Our Lady, pray for us. #NotreDame” @Pontifex 16 April 2019
  • “Christ died because He loves each one of us: young and old, saints and sinners, people of His time and people of our time. #HolyWeek” @Pontifex 17 April 2019
  • “Look at the open arms of Christ crucified, and let Him save you. Contemplate His blood shed out of love and let yourself be purified by it. In this way you can be reborn. #GoodFriday” @Pontifex 18 April 2019
  • “Today we contemplate the empty tomb of Christ and we hear the words of the angel: ”Do not be afraid! He is risen!“ #Easter” @Pontifex 21 April 2019
  • “Today, too, let us join in prayer with the Christian community of Sri Lanka, which was struck by terrible violence on Easter Sunday. We entrust to the risen Lord the victims, the wounded and all the suffering. #PrayForSriLanka” @Pontifex 22 April 2019
  • “Let us welcome Christ’s victory over sin and death into our lives. In this way, we will draw His transforming power upon all creation as well.” @Pontifex 22 April 2019
  • “May the proclamation of the Lord’s Resurrection sustain our hope and transform it into concrete acts of charity. #Easter” @Pontifex 23 April 2019
  • “The martyrs of all times, with their fidelity to Christ, tell us that injustice does not have the last word: we can continue to hope in the risen Lord. #Easter” @Pontifex 24 April 2019

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The Weekly Francis – 10 April 2019

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 3 April 2019 to 10 April 2019.

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Papal Tweets

  • “#Lent invites us to look upward with prayer, which frees us from a horizontal, flat life, where we find time only for our ego, but forget God.” @Pontifex 7 April 2019
  • “During this time of #Lent we are invited to look to others too with charity, which frees us from the vanity of possessing, from thinking that things are good if they are good for me.” @Pontifex 7 April 2019
  • “Lenten fasting frees us from our attachment to things, from the worldliness that anaesthetizes the heart. #Lent” @Pontifex 8 April 2019
  • “May the Lord always give us hope for the future and the strength to keep going. #SantaMarta” @Pontifex 9 April 2019
  • “Almsgiving helps us emerge from the foolishness of living to accumulate everything for ourselves, under the illusion of securing a future that is not ours. #Lent” @Pontifex 10 April 2019

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The Weekly Francis – 05 April 2019

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 19 March 2019 to 5 April 2019.

Angelus

Post-Syndoal Exhortation

General Audiences

Homilies

Motu Proprio

Speeches

Papal Tweets

  • “Brothers and sisters, God calls us once again to conversion: let us pray to obtain the grace of a new life in Christ the Lord. #24hoursfortheLord” @Pontifex 29 March 2019
  • “Dear Moroccan friends, I am coming as a pilgrim of peace and fraternity. We Christians and Muslims believe in God, the Creator and the Merciful, who created people to live like brothers and sisters, respecting each other in their diversity, and helping one another in their needs.” @Pontifex 29 March 2019
  • “The courage to encounter one another and extend a hand of friendship is a pathway of peace and harmony for humanity. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex 30 March 2019
  • “Every human being has the right to life, to dream and to find his or her rightful place in our “common home”! Every person has a right to the future. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex 30 March 2019
  • “Charity, especially towards the vulnerable, is the best opportunity we have to keep working to build up a culture of encounter. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex 31 March 2019
  • “Jesus invites us to contemplate the heart of our Father. Only from that perspective can we acknowledge once more that we are brothers and sisters. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex 31 March 2019
  • “I thank all the Moroccan people for your warm welcome. May the Almighty, Gracious and Merciful, protect you and bless Morocco! #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex 31 March 2019
  • “Let us not pass this favourable time of #Lent in vain! Let us ask God to assist us on a journey of true conversion.” @Pontifex 1 April 2019
  • “Christ is alive! He is our hope, and in a wonderful way he brings youth to our world. #ChristusVivit http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_exhortations/documents/papa-francesco_esortazione-ap_20190325_christus-vivit.html …” @Pontifex 2 April 2019
  • “The Church is young when she receives ever anew the strength born of God’s Word, the Eucharist, and the daily presence of Christ and the power of His Spirit in our lives. The Church is young when she shows herself capable of constantly returning to her source. #ChristusVivit” @Pontifex 2 April 2019
  • “If you are young in years, but feel weak, weary or disillusioned, ask Jesus to renew you. With him, hope never fails. #ChristusVivit http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_exhortations/documents/papa-francesco_esortazione-ap_20190325_christus-vivit.html …” @Pontifex 2 April 2019
  • “Through prayer we learn to renounce the idolatry and self-sufficiency of our ego, and to admit we need the Lord and His mercy. #Lent” @Pontifex 3 April 2019
  • “When we pray, let us recall that we do so with Jesus. Jesus is our courage. Jesus is our security, who in this moment intercedes for us. #SantaMarta” @Pontifex 4 April 2019
  • “Video” @Pontifex 4 April 2019
  • “Fasting from sin gives hope to creation too, which will be “set free from slavery to corruption and share in the glorious freedom of the children of God” (Rom 8:21). #Lent” @Pontifex 5 April 2019

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The Weekly Francis – 28 March 2019

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 17 March 2019 to 28 March 2019.

Angelus

General Audiences

Messages

Speeches

Papal Tweets

  • “I express my sorrow and closeness to the dear people of Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi, affected by Cyclone Idai. I entrust the many victims and their families to the mercy of God. #PrayForAfrica #cycloneIdai” @Pontifex 20 March 2019
  • “If we abandon the law of love, the law of the strongest over the weakest will be asserted.” @Pontifex 21 March 2019
  • “Today we think of people with #DownSyndrome. May they be welcomed, appreciated, and never discarded, right from their mother’s womb.” @Pontifex 21 March 2019
  • “Let us thank God for ”sister water“, such a simple and precious element, and let us strive to make it accessible to all. #WorldWaterDay” @Pontifex 22 March 2019
  • “Outward appearance, money, career, hobbies: these are sirens that enchant us and then set us adrift. #Lent is a time of grace to free our hearts from vanities.” @Pontifex 23 March 2019
  • “May the Blessed Virgin help everyone, especially young people, to follow the path of peace and fraternity, based on welcome and forgiveness, on respect for others, and on the love that is the gift of self.” @Pontifex 25 March 2019
  • “Today we remember in prayer the victims of modern forms of #slavery. Their suffering impels us to fight against these inhuman scourges. #RememberSlavery” @Pontifex 25 March 2019
  • “It is worthwhile to welcome every life because every man and woman is worth the blood of Christ himself. We cannot have contempt for what God has loved so much! #DayoftheUnbornChild” @Pontifex 25 March 2019
  • “The culture of appearance, which leads us to live for passing things, is a great deception. Because it is like a flaring blaze: once it is over, only ashes remain.” @Pontifex 26 March 2019
  • “Where should we fix our gaze along the journey of #Lent? On the Crucifix. Jesus on the Cross is the compass of life that points us to Heaven.” @Pontifex 27 March 2019
  • “If we do not listen to the voice of the Lord, our hearts become like soil without water. That is why the Lord says: ”Harden not your hearts“. #SantaMarta” @Pontifex 28 March 2019

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