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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 – 14 February 2023

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week, from 28 January 2023 to 14 February 2023.

Angelus

General Audiences

Messages

Speeches

Papal Tweets

  • “May we work together against human trafficking, walking with those who are destroyed by the violence of sexual and labour exploitation, as well as with migrants and displaced persons. May we courageously reaffirm the value of human dignity! #PrayAgainstTrafficking” @Pontifex, 8 February 2023
  • “Let’s #PrayTogether for the peoples of Türkiye and Syria hard hit by the earthquakes that have caused thousands of deaths and injuries. I thank those who are working to provide relief, and I encourage everyone to offer their solidarity.” @Pontifex, 8 February 2023
  • “Today the Church celebrates the memorial of the Sudanese Saint Josephine #Bakhita, whose testimony of life fills us with Christian hope. Trusting in her intercession, we pray for a future of justice and peace for our brothers and sisters in #Africa.” @Pontifex, 8 February 2023
  • “Now is the time for compassion and for solidarity. We must put aside hatred, wars, and divisions that lead to self-destruction. Let us unite in our sorrow to help those who suffer in #Turkey and #Syria. May we build peace and fraternity in our world.” @Pontifex, 9 February 2023
  • “We are all fragile and vulnerable. We all need that compassion which knows how to pause, come close, heal us, and raise us up.” @Pontifex, 10 February 2023
  • “Today is the #WorldDayOfTheSick. Like the Good Samaritan, let us stop and care for people who are ill and suffering. May #OurLadyOfLourdes bless all the sick and those who care for them with love. @VaticanIHD” @Pontifex, 11 February 2023
  • “Through the experience of vulnerability and illness, we can learn to walk together according to the style of God, which is closeness, compassion, and tenderness. #WorldDayOfTheSick @VaticanIHD
    https://t.co/AvGBBjPkrh Message” @Pontifex, 11 February 2023
  • “Let’s #PrayTogether for all those who are suffering in #Nicaragua, for Bishop Álvarez of Matagalpa, whom I care about greatly, and for the people who have been deported. May the Lord open the hearts of political leaders and all citizens to the sincere search for peace.” @Pontifex, 12 February 2023
  • “Let us continue to stay close, with prayer and concrete support, to the earthquake victims in #Syria and #Turkey. And let us not forget tormented Ukraine: may the Lord open ways of peace and give those responsible the courage to follow them. Let’s #PrayTogether” @Pontifex, 12 February 2023
  • “God loves us first, freely, taking the first step towards us without us deserving it; and so we cannot celebrate his love without in our turn taking the first step towards reconciliation with those who have hurt us. #GospelOfToday” @Pontifex, 12 February 2023
  • “In the #GospelOfToday Jesus shows that religious rules are only the beginning. Formal observance is satisfied with the bare minimum, whereas Jesus invites us to aspire to the maximum possible. True love is never satisfied: love goes beyond, one cannot do without.” @Pontifex, 12 February 2023
  • “Where love becomes tangible, become closeness, becomes tenderness, becomes compassion, God is there.” @Pontifex, 13 February 2023
  • “Each one of us needs other people. Even weakness, if endured together with others, can become a strength that will make the world better.” @Pontifex, 14 February 2023

 

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The Weekly Francis – 7 February 2023

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week, from 1 February 2023 to 7 February 2023.

Homilies

Messages

Speeches

Papal Tweets

  • “There is no Christianity without community,just as there is no peace without fraternity. Let us believe in community and,with God’s help,build a Church free of the worldly spirit and full of the Holy Spirit, ree from the personal hoarding of riches and filled with brotherly love!” @Pontifex, 1 February 2023
  • “I ask all who orchestrate war in the #DemocraticRepublicOfTheCongo to listen to the voice of God who calls you to conversion. Put an end to war. Stop getting rich at the cost of the poor. Stop getting rich from resources and money stained with blood!” @Pontifex, 1 February 2023
  • “With pain in my heart, I ask God to forgive the violence of man against man. Father, have mercy on us! Console the victims and those who suffer. Convert the hearts of those who carry out brutal atrocities that bring shame upon all humanity! #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 1 February 2023
  • “Hatred and violence are never acceptable, never justifiable, never tolerable, all the more so for Christians. Hate merely breeds further hate and violence further violence. #ApostolicJourney Speech” @Pontifex, 1 February 2023
  • “The Lord is to be sought and loved in the poor. As Christians, we must take care not to distance them from us. There is something wrong when a believer keeps Christ’s loved ones at a distance. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 1 February 2023
  • “Poverty and rejection are an offence against the human person, disfiguring his or her dignity. They are like ashes that extinguish the fire carried within as persons created in the image of God. Only by restoring dignity do we restore humanity! #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 1 February 2023
  • “Christ wants to anoint us with his forgiveness, to give us peace and the courage to forgive others in turn, the courage to grant others a great amnesty of the heart. May today be a time of grace for you to accept and experience Jesus’ forgiveness!” @Pontifex, 1 February 2023
  • “We Christians are called to break the cycle of violence, to dismantle the machinations of hatred to be a conscience of peace in our world: witnesses of love, fraternity and forgiveness, missionaries of the love God has for each human being. ncpRnaA Homily” @Pontifex, 1 February 2023
  • “How can we safeguard and cultivate the peace of Jesus? He himself points to three wellsprings of peace, three sources from which we can draw as we continue to nurture peace. They are forgiveness, community and mission. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 1 February 2023
  • “We have been called to offer our lives for our brothers and sisters, and to bring them Jesus, the One who alone heals the wounds of every heart.” @Pontifex, 2 February 2023
  • “When we remain docile in God’s hands, He shapes us to become a people of reconciliation, capable of openness and dialogue, acceptance and forgiveness, who make rivers of peace flow through the arid plains of violence. #ApostolicJourney #DRCongo” @Pontifex, 2 February 2023
  • “The #PresentationOfTheLord, which in the Christian East is called the “feast of the encounter”, reminds us of the priority for our life: our encounter with the Lord, especially in personal prayer, because our relationship with Him is the basis of everything we do.” @Pontifex, 2 February 2023
  • “God has placed the gift of life in your hands. From your hands tomorrow is born. From your hands peace so lacking in this country can come about. I would like to suggest some “ingredients for the future”: five of them, each corresponding to a finger on your hand #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 2 February 2023
  • “Overcome evil with good. May you be the ones who transform society, the ones who turn evil into good, hatred into love, war into peace. KFhA Speech” @Pontifex, 2 February 2023
  • “It has been a joy for me to spend these days in your country which, with its large forest, represents the “green heart” of Africa, a lung for the whole world. #ApostolicJourney #DemocraticRepublicOfTheCongo” @Pontifex, 3 February 2023
  • “As a Church we need to breathe the pure air of the Gospel, to dispel the tainted air of worldliness, to safeguard the young heart of faith. That is how I imagine the African Church and that is how I see this Congolese Church.” @Pontifex, 3 February 2023
  • “I come to #SouthSudan as a pilgrim of peace, with two brothers: the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. We stretch out our hands to you in the name of Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace. @JustinWelby @churchmoderator” @Pontifex, 3 February 2023
  • “In the name of God, in whom so many people of #SouthSudan believe, it is time to say enough. No more bloodshed, no more conflicts, no more violence and mutual recriminations. No more destruction; it is time to build! Leave the time of war behind, and let a time of #Peace dawn!” @Pontifex, 3 February 2023
  • “Let us set out each day praying for one another, working together as witnesses of the peace of Jesus, by persevering in the same journey by our practical acts of charity and unity. In all things, let us love one another from the heart. #EcumenicalPilgrimage” @Pontifex, 4 February 2023
  • “I plead with everyone from the heart: let us help #SouthSudan; let us not abandon its population that continues to suffer greatly! Together with urgently needed aid, it is very important to accompany the population on the path of development and independent growth.” @Pontifex, 4 February 2023
  • “I renew my forceful and heartfelt appeal to end all conflict in #SouthSudan, and to resume the #peace process so that violence can end and people can return to living with dignity. #EcumenicalPilgrimage Ig Speech” @Pontifex, 4 February 2023
  • “We cannot remain neutral before the pain caused by acts of injustice and violence. To violate the fundamental rights of any woman or man is an offence against Christ. #ApostolicJourney #SouthSudan YlTWz Speech” @Pontifex, 4 February 2023
  • “We all bear in our heart the desire to live as brothers and sisters, in mutual assistance and harmony. The fact that this often does not occur – and, unfortunately, we have dramatic signs of this – should further stimulate the search for #HumanFraternity. @alimamaltayeb” @Pontifex, 4 February 2023
  • “We entrust to Our Lady of Africa the cause of #Peace in #SouthSudan and in the entire African continent. To Our Lady we also entrust peace in our world, especially in the many countries at war, like Ukraine, which suffers so greatly. #PrayTogether” @Pontifex, 5 February 2023
  • “Dear brothers and sisters of #SouthSudan, I return to Rome with you even closer to my heart. You are in my heart; you are in the hearts of Christians worldwide! Never lose hope. And lose no opportunity to build #Peace in your country!” @Pontifex, 5 February 2023
  • “I came to #SouthSudan with my brothers Justin and Iain, whom I sincerely thank. We will continue to accompany your steps and do all we can to make them steps of #Peace, steps to peace. #EcumenicalPilgrimage @JustinWelby @churchmoderator” @Pontifex, 5 February 2023
  • “I pray that you will be salt that spreads, dissolves and seasons #SouthSudan with the fraternal taste of the Gospel. May your Christian communities shine radiantly, so they show that it is beautiful and possible to live with generosity and to build together a reconciled future.” @Pontifex, 5 February 2023
  • “Even though we are tiny and frail, and our strength seems paltry before the magnitude of our problems and the blind fury of violence, we are able to make a decisive contribution to changing history. https://t.co/eVXgsGySuT Homily” @Pontifex, 5 February 2023
  • “I was deeply saddened to learn of the huge loss of life caused by the earthquake in #Türkiye and in #Syria. Entrusting those who have died to the loving mercy of the Almighty, I pray for the emergency personnel involved in the ongoing relief efforts.” @Pontifex, 6 February 2023
  • “I remain close with all my heart to the people affected by the earthquake in #Türkiye and #Syria. I continue to pray for those who have lost their lives, as well as the injured, family members, and rescuers. May our concrete aid sustain them in the midst of this appalling tragedy” @Pontifex, 7 February 2023

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The Weekly Francis – 31 January 2023

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week, from 1 January 2023 to 31 January 2023.

Angelus

General Audiences

Homilies

Messages

Speeches

Papal Tweets

  • “Протягом цих місяців народ #України постійно присутній у моїх молитвах. Молюся з вами і за вас, дорогі брати й сестри українці, за завтрашній день #миру, в якому економічні та політичні інтереси, що породжують війну, нарешті поступляться місцем спільному благу народів.” @Pontifex, 25 January 2023
  • “In these months, the people of #Ukraine are always in my prayers. I pray with you and for you, dear brothers and sisters of Ukraine, for a future of #peace, one in which economic and political interests that generate war will finally give way to the good of the people.” @Pontifex, 25 January 2023
  • “To be Christians under the sign of the cross spurs all believers in Christ to cultivate communion at every level, in the name of the God who embraces all with his mercy. #Prayer #UnityOfChristians” @Pontifex, 25 January 2023
  • “В эти месяцы украинский народ всегда присутствует в моих молитвах. Я молюсь вместе с вами и о вас, дорогие украинские братья, о завтрашнем дне мира, в котором экономические и политические интересы, порождающие войну, наконец уступят место общему благу народов. #Украина #мир” @Pontifex, 25 January 2023
  • “If, following the example of the Apostle Paul, we desire that the grace of God in us not be in vain (cf. 1 Cor 15:10), we must be opposed to war, to violence and to injustice wherever they begin to appear. #UnityOfChristians
    t Event” @Pontifex, 25 January 2023
  • “What is the shortest way to encounter Jesus? Make yourself needy. Recognize your need for grace, your need for forgiveness, your need for joy. And Jesus will draw near to you. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex, 25 January 2023
  • “On the hundredth anniversary of the proclamation of Saint #FrancisdeSales as patron of journalists, let us #PrayTogether that journalists might be inspired by this saint toward tenderness, toward the search and narration of truth with courage and freedom.” @Pontifex, 26 January 2023
  • “The memory of the extermination of millions of Jewish people and people of other faiths must neither be forgotten nor denied. There can be no fraternity without first dispelling the roots of hatred and violence that fueled the horror of the Holocaust. #HolocaustRemembranceDay” @Pontifex, 27 January 2023
  • “As Christians we must radiate the beauty of God’s love everywhere through our lives. Faith is not a privilege to be claimed, but a gift to be shared.” @Pontifex, 28 January 2023
  • “The “poor in spirit” are those who know they cannot rely on themselves, that they are not self-sufficient. They feel their need for God and recognize every good that comes from Him as a gift, as a grace. #GospelOfTheDay (Mt 5:1–12) #Beatitudes” @Pontifex, 29 January 2023
  • “Tomorrow I will depart on an Apostolic Journey to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and to the Republic of South Sudan. I greet with affection those beloved peoples who await me. I ask everyone, please, to accompany this Journey with their prayers.” @Pontifex, 30 January 2023
  • “Let us #PrayTogether that parishes, placing communion – communion among individuals and ecclesial communion – at the center, might increasingly become communities of faith, of fraternity and of welcoming the most in need. #PrayerIntention #ClickToPray Video” @Pontifex, 30 January 2023
  • “The #DemocraticRepublicOfTheCongo and #Africa deserve to be respected and listened to. They deserve to find space and receive attention. Stop choking Africa: it is not a mine to be stripped or a terrain to be plundered. May Africa be the protagonist of its own destiny!” @Pontifex, 31 January 2023
  • “We cannot grow accustomed to the bloodshed that has marked the #DemocraticRepublicOfTheCongo for decades, causing millions of deaths. The current #peace processes, which I greatly encourage, need to be sustained by concrete deeds, and commitments should be maintained.” @Pontifex, 31 January 2023

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The Weekly Francis – 24 January 2023

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week, from 18 January 2023 to 24 January 2023.

Messages

Papal Tweets

  • “Last Saturday, a new missile attack in #Ukraine caused many civilian victims, babies among them. I unite myself to the sorrow of their relatives. The testimonials of this tragic episode are a powerful appeal to every conscience. You cannot remain indifferent!” @Pontifex, 18 January 2023
  • “Let us pray to God so that he might grant us a pastoral heart that suffers and takes risks in bearing witness. It is not only a burden, but also a duty, to bring the Word of God to those who have been entrusted to us and to those whom we meet in our daily lives.” @Pontifex, 18 January 2023
  • “I ask all of you to join me in praying for Father Isaac Achi, of the Diocese of Minna in northern Nigeria, who was killed last Sunday in an attack on his rectory. So many Christians continue to be the target of violence. Let us #PrayTogether for them.” @Pontifex, 18 January 2023
  • “Today the Week of Prayer for #ChristianUnity begins. This year’s theme is: “Learn to do good; seek justice” (Is 1:17). Let us thank the Lord who faithfully guides his people towards full communion. #PrayTogether” @Pontifex, 18 January 2023
  • “Through #prayer, the #WordofGod comes to abide in us and we abide in it. The Word inspires good intentions, sustains action. It gives us strength and serenity. When we are confused, it grounds the heart in confidence and in a love that protects it from the attacks of the evil one” @Pontifex, 19 January 2023
  • “God’s word pushes us to go out of ourselves so as to encounter our brothers and sisters solely with the gentle power of God’s liberating love.” @Pontifex, 20 January 2023
  • “Dear young people, we are getting closer to World Youth Day and 400,000 young people have already registered. Let’s hope others will follow your example! Get ready to open horizons, to open your hearts! #WYD YzE Video” @Pontifex, 20 January 2023
  • “May the Holy Spirit lead us to welcome the Sacred Scriptures more and more like a lamp that sheds light on the steps of our daily lives. #WordofGod” @Pontifex, 21 January 2023
  • “Let us #PrayTogether that the acts of violence in Peru might cease. I encourage all the parties involved to undertake the path of dialogue as brothers of the same nation, in full respect for human rights and the rule of law.” @Pontifex, 22 January 2023
  • “The call to follow Jesus is a decisive moment for every Christian. If someone does not find the courage to set out on the journey, the risk is to remain a spectator of one’s own existence and to live the faith halfway. #GospelOfTheDay (Mt 4:12–23)” @Pontifex, 22 January 2023
  • “The #WordOfGod is for everyone. The Word calls everyone to conversion, the Word makes us heralds. #SundayOfTheWord
    https://t.co/qwdrSFQGJV Homily” @Pontifex, 22 January 2023
  • “The #WordOfGod heals and raises up. It is destined for everyone. Jesus wants to reach those far away. He wants to heal the sick, to save sinners, to gather the lost sheep and lift up those whose hearts are weary and oppressed. God’s mercy is for everyone.” @Pontifex, 22 January 2023
  • “The #WordOfGod calls us to conversion. It shakes us, disturbs us, incites us to change. It throws us into crisis because it “is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword…and judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart” (Heb 4:12).” @Pontifex, 22 January 2023
  • “The #WordoOfGod, which is addressed to everyone and calls us to conversion, makes us heralds. It draws us into the “net” of the Father’s love and makes us apostles, moved by an unquenchable desire to bring everyone we meet into the barque of the Kingdom.” @Pontifex, 22 January 2023
  • “My thought turns to Myanmar, where the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption in the Village of Can Thar was burned and destroyed. Let us #PrayTogether that this conflict will soon come to an end, opening a new period of forgiveness, love and peace.” @Pontifex, 22 January 2023
  • “In these days, as we pray in particular for the full unity of all Christians, please, let us not forget to pray for peace for war-torn Ukraine. May the Lord comfort and sustain that people who are suffering so much!” @Pontifex, 22 January 2023
  • “The solution to these divisions is not to oppose another person, because discord generates more discord. The true remedy begins by asking God for peace, reconciliation, unity. #Prayer #ChristianUnity” @Pontifex, 23 January 2023
  • “Today more than ever, speaking with the heart is essential to foster a culture of peace in places where there is war; to open paths that allow for dialogue and reconciliation in places where hatred and enmity rage.” @Pontifex, 24 January 2023
  • “We are all called to seek and to speak the truth – and to do so with charity.
    RyQx Message” @Pontifex, 24 January 2023

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The Weekly Francis – 17 January 2023

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week, from 30 September 2022 to 17 January 2023.

Letters

Speeches

Papal Tweets

  • “Let us always remember that the way we treat the last and the least of our brothers and sisters speaks of the value we place upon all human life.” @Pontifex, 12 January 2023
  • “We need daily #prayer, time dedicated to God, so He can enter into our time. We need frequent moments in which we open our hearts to Him so He can daily pour out his love on us and nourish our faith.” @Pontifex, 13 January 2023
  • “Just as the earth bears abundant fruit when it is well cultivated and cared for, so it is with us. When we cultivate our spiritual health, when we have a well cultivated relationship with the Lord, we begin to bear very good fruit.” @Pontifex, 14 January 2023
  • “John the Baptist sets his disciples in Jesus’s footsteps. He is not interested in having a following for himself, but he bears witness and then takes a step back, so that many would have the joy of meeting Jesus. #GospelOfTheDay (Jn 1:29–34)” @Pontifex, 15 January 2023
  • “Brothers and sisters, let us not forget the battered people of Ukraine who are suffering so much! Let us stay close to them with our thoughts, with our help, and with our prayers.” @Pontifex, 15 January 2023
  • “In the love we show in this world, in loving with tenderness, we will discover that every day and every thing bears within it a fragment of the mystery of God.” @Pontifex, 16 January 2023
  • “Those who are familiar with God’s Word receive healthy lessons about what is essential. They discover that life is not the time to look at others and protect themselves, but is an opportunity to go out and meet others in the name of the God who is near.” @Pontifex, 17 January 2023

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The Weekly Francis – 11 January 2023

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week, from 18 December 2022 to 11 January 2023.

Apostolic Letter

Messages

Speeches

Papal Tweets

  • “I urge everyone to persevere in demonstrating through closeness and solidarity to the battered people of Ukraine who are suffering very much, asking for the gift of the peace for them.” @Pontifex, 4 January 2023
  • “Discernment is an art that can be learned and has its own rules. Let us ask the Holy Spirit to place on our path people who can accompany us on our journey toward God.” @Pontifex, 4 January 2023
  • “Jesus, Crucified and Risen, the Living One and the Lord, was the destination to which Pope Benedict led us, taking us by the hand. May he help us rediscover in Christ the joy of believing and the hope of living.” @Pontifex, 4 January 2023
  • “vV Image” @Pontifex, 5 January 2023
  • “The Magi who set out following the star teach us that faith is a story of setting out and setting out anew. Faith does not grow if it remains static. We need to bring it outside, to live it in a constant journey towards God and towards our brothers and sisters.” @Pontifex, 6 January 2023
  • “On the Feast of Epiphany, World Missionary Childhood Day is celebrated. I greet all the boys and girls who everywhere in the world are spreading the joy of being Jesus’ friends, and are dedicated through prayer, sacrifice and offerings, to support the missionaries of the Gospel.” @Pontifex, 6 January 2023
  • “I extend my heartfelt best wishes to the communities of the Eastern Churches who celebrate the Nativity of the Lord, in particular the suffering people of Ukraine. May the Lord’s birth instill comfort and inspire concrete steps that can finally lead to peace.” @Pontifex, 7 January 2023
  • “By having himself baptized, Jesus reveals that the true justice of God is the mercy that saves, the love that shares our human condition and is in solidarity with our suffering, entering into our darkness to restore light. #GospelOfTheDay (Mt 3:13–17)” @Pontifex, 8 January 2023
  • “Let us do as Jesus did: let us share, let us carry each other’s burdens, let us look at each other with compassion, let us help each other. Let us ask ourselves: am I a person who divides or shares?” @Pontifex, 8 January 2023
  • “Let us not forget our Ukrainian brothers and sisters. Today, seeing Our Lady who is holding the infant in the Nativity scene, who nurses him, I think of the mothers of the victims of war, of the soldiers who have fallen in this war in Ukraine.” @Pontifex, 8 January 2023
  • “The paths of peace are paths of solidarity, for no one can be saved alone. We live in a world so interconnected that, in the end, the actions of each person affect everyone.
    https://t.co/yIExqxBNkg Speech” @Pontifex, 9 January 2023
  • “Let us #PrayTogether that educators be credible witnesses, teaching fraternity rather than competition, and helping especially the youngest and most vulnerable. #PrayerIntention #ClickToPray RS Video” @Pontifex, 10 January 2023
  • “The joint signing of the #RomeCall for #AIEthics by Catholics, Jews and Muslims is a hopeful sign. Religions are accompanying humanity in the development of a technology centered on the human person, thanks to the shared ethical reflection on the use of algorithms. #Algor-ethics” @Pontifex, 10 January 2023
  • “Sick people are at the centre of God’s people, and the Church advances together with them as a sign of a humanity in which everyone is precious and no one should be discarded or left behind. https://t.co/AvGBBjPkrh Message” @Pontifex, 10 January 2023
  • “#ЗагальнаАудієнція WlRtennh Image” @Pontifex, 11 January 2023
  • “We don’t have to wait til we are perfect to bear witness to Jesus; our proclamation begins today, right where we live. And it does not begin by trying to convince others, but by witnessing every day to the beauty of the Love that has looked upon us and lifted us up.” @Pontifex, 11 January 2023
  • “#GeneralAudience https://t.co/KLGNLTtcvp Image” @Pontifex, 11 January 2023
  • “#ОбщаяАудиенция Image” @Pontifex, 11 January 2023

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The Weekly Francis – 3 January 2023

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week, from 28 December 2022 to 3 January 2023.

Apostolic Letter

General Audiences

Homilies

Papal Tweets

  • “Let us #PrayTogether for Pope Emeritus Benedict who is supporting the Church in silence. Let us ask the Lord to console him and to sustain him in this witness of love for the Church, until the end.” @Pontifex, 28 December 2022
  • ““Everything pertains to love” is the title of the Apostolic Letter to be published today to commemorate the fourth centenary of the death of Saint Francis de Sales, Doctor of the Church.
    Apostolic Letter” @Pontifex, 28 December 2022
  • “The Love of God that was revealed in Bethlehem brings consolation to our hearts troubled by the drama of the war in #Ukraine and in other parts of the world. Let us remember that the last word in the history of humanity belongs to God because ”everything pertains to love“.” @Pontifex, 28 December 2022
  • “God loves us so much that He shares our humanity and our lives. He never leaves us alone either in joy or in sorrow because He is the Emmanuel, the God with us, the light that illuminates the darkness and the tender presence that accompanies us on our journey. #Christmas” @Pontifex, 29 December 2022
  • “The Baby Jesus, with his Mother Mary, and St Joseph, radiate the light of mercy and salvation for the human family and for individual families. This light encourages us to offer human warmth to those family living through difficult situations. #HolyFamily” @Pontifex, 30 December 2022
  • “ Image” @Pontifex, 31 December 2022
  • “To all men and women of good will, I express my desire that, as artisans of #peace, you may work, day by day, to make this a good year! May Mary Immaculate, Mother of Jesus and Queen of Peace, intercede for us and for the whole world.” @Pontifex, 1 January 2023
  • “Even when we feel plunged into a dark and difficult maelstrom of injustice and suffering, we are still called to keep our hearts open to hope, trusting in God who accompanies us with tenderness, sustains us, and guides us along our way. #Peace
    yN Message” @Pontifex, 1 January 2023
  • “The divine motherhood of Mary reveals God’s utmost respect for our freedom. God could have come into the world in a thousand ways manifesting his power and, instead, willed to be conceived in full freedom in Mary’s womb.” @Pontifex, 1 January 2023
  • “Let us pray to our Mother in a special way for her children who are suffering and no longer have the strength to pray, and for our many brothers and sisters throughout the world who are victims of war, passing these holidays immersed in violence and indifference.” @Pontifex, 1 January 2023
  • “In celebrating the World Day of Peace, let us implore Mary Most Holy, the Mother of God, so that in this epoch, polluted by diffidence and indifference, she might make us capable of being compassionate and providing care.” @Pontifex, 1 January 2023
  • “At this time, let us invoke the intercession of Mary Most Holy for Pope emeritus Benedict XVI. Let us all join together, with one heart and one soul, in thanking God for the gift of this faithful servant of the Gospel and of the Church.” @Pontifex, 1 January 2023
  • “God does not love us in word but in deed; not from “on high”, from far away, but “up close”, from within our flesh, because in Mary, the Word was made flesh, because in Christ’s chest a heart of flesh continues to beat, it beats for each and every of us!” @Pontifex, 2 January 2023
  • “When we have strong feelings of doubt and fear, and we seem to be sinking, we must not be ashamed to cry out like Peter: “Lord, save me” (Mt 14:30). This is a beautiful prayer! And Jesus immediately stretches out his hand.” @Pontifex, 3 January 2023

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The Weekly Francis – 27 December 2022

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week, from 24 December 2022 to 27 December 2022.

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  • “And if we truly want to celebrate #Christmas, let us rediscover awe before a God who becomes little, who is not born in splendour, but in the poverty of a stable. To meet Him, we must go where He is. We must lower ourselves, make ourselves little.” @Pontifex, 24 December 2022
  • “Tonight, God draws near to you because you are important to him. From the manger, as food for your life, He tells you: “If you feel consumed by events, if you are devoured by a sense of guilt and inadequacy, if you hunger for justice, I am with you. #Christmas” @Pontifex, 24 December 2022
  • “Jesus asks us to go to the bare reality of things, to lay down all our excuses, our justifications and our hypocrisies at the feet of the manger. He whom Mary tenderly wrapped in swaddling wants us to be clothed in love. #Christmas” @Pontifex, 24 December 2022
  • “In Jesus, God makes us His children and nourishes us with His tenderness. He comes to touch our hearts and to tell us that love is the only force that changes the course of history. #Christmas https://t.co/sylnCelAaf Event” @Pontifex, 24 December 2022
  • “Bethlehem shows us God’s simplicity, who reveals himself to those with pure and open hearts. Let’s allow ourselves to be moved by God’s love who became man for our salvation. Let’s follow Jesus who stripped himself of his glory so we could share in his fullness. Merry Christmas!” @Pontifex, 25 December 2022
  • “If we want it to be #Christmas, the Birth of Jesus and of peace, let us look at the face of the Child who is born for us! And in that small, innocent face, let us recognize the faces of all those children who long for #peace in every part of the world. sijXbyhS Event” @Pontifex, 25 December 2022
  • “Let us see the faces of our brothers and sisters in #Ukraine who are experiencing this #Christmas in the dark and cold, far from their own homes, because of the war. May the Lord enlighten the minds of those who have the power to put an immediate end to this senseless war!” @Pontifex, 25 December 2022
  • “In these times people are living through conflicts in Syria, the Holy Land, Lebanon, the Sahel, Yemen… May the Lord lead these regions toward #peace and bring reconciliation to the American continent, to Myanmar and to Iran so that all bloodshed might cease.” @Pontifex, 25 December 2022
  • “Today as then, Jesus comes into a world that does not welcome him (cf. Jn 1:11), that rather rejects or ignores him, as we do so often with foreigners and with the poor. Let’s not forget the refugees, the marginalized, people who are alone, orphans and the elderly, prisoners.” @Pontifex, 25 December 2022
  • “Let us ask the newborn Jesus for the newness of a heart capable of forgiveness: the strength to pray for those who have hurt us and to take steps of openness and reconciliation. #Christmas” @Pontifex, 26 December 2022
  • “I reiterate my wish for #peace: peace in families, peace in parish and religious communities, peace in movements and associations, peace for those peoples tormented by war, peace for the dear and embattled Ukraine.” @Pontifex, 26 December 2022
  • “#Prayer is the best way to say thank you to Jesus who wamts to enter into our homes and into our hearts. #Christmas” @Pontifex, 27 December 2022

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The Weekly Francis – 23 December 2022

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week, from 8 December 2022 to 23 December 2022.

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  • “#Advent reminds us of a basic Christian attitude – vigilance. Let us wait for the Lord’s coming by being attentive to our most vulnerable brothers and sisters who knock on the door of our hearts. Let us ask the Lord to keep us watchful in humility and availability.” @Pontifex, 14 December 2022
  • “Let’s renew our closeness to the battered people of #Ukraine, persevering in fervent #prayer for our brothers and sisters who are suffering so much. Let us celebrate #Christmas in a humbler way, with simpler gifts, and let us send what we save to the Ukrainian people who need it.” @Pontifex, 14 December 2022
  • “At times we find ourselves incapable of recognizeing the newness of the Lord, with the presumption that we already know so much about Him. #Advent, then, is the season to overturn our perspective, to allow ourselves to marvel at the greatness of God’s mercy.” @Pontifex, 15 December 2022
  • “The time is right to evaluate ourselves, to learn, to grow and to allow ourselves to be transformed, both as individuals and as communities. This is a privileged moment to prepare ourselves for “the day of the Lord”. #Peace
    yN Message” @Pontifex, 16 December 2022
  • “God is faithful to His promises and guides our steps in the way of #peace. He guides the steps of those who journey on Earth with their gaze turned toward Heaven.” @Pontifex, 16 December 2022
  • “May Our Lady take us by the hand in these days of preparation for #Christmas. And in the littleness of her Child, may she help us recognize the greatness of the God who comes. #Advent” @Pontifex, 17 December 2022
  • “When we find ourselves in crisis, we should not make decisions quickly or instinctively, but, like Saint Joseph “consider everything”, and base ourselves on the underlying certainty of God’s mercy. #GospeloftheDay (Mt 1:18–24)” @Pontifex, 18 December 2022
  • “Let us ask the Virgin Mary to touch the hearts of those who can stop the war in Ukraine. Let us not forget the suffering of those people, especially of the babies, the elderly, the people who are sick. Let us #PrayTogether.” @Pontifex, 18 December 2022
  • “It’s important to safeguard the roots of life and faith. Thus, the apostle Paul reminds us of the foundation in which to root our lives to remain firm: remain “rooted in Jesus Christ” (Col 2:7) he says. This is what the #Christmas tree reminds us of: being rooted in Jesus Christ.” @Pontifex, 19 December 2022
  • “In these difficult times we are living, let us respond in faith to the appeals the Holy Spirit is directing to us, that we might give the proof of our #solidarity to the people we meet and who count on our fraternal support.” @Pontifex, 20 December 2022
  • “The Holy Spirit gives us the ability to recognize God’s fatherhood. We have a tender, affectionate Father who loves us, who has always loved us. When we experience this, our hearts melt, and doubts and fears dissolve. Nothing can resist this love.” @Pontifex, 21 December 2022
  • “On the Feast when God became a child, let‘s think of the Ukrainian children suffering so much because of this war. Let‘s think of the Ukrainian people deprived of the basics to survive, and let us #PrayTogether to the Lord that He might bring them #peace as soon as possible.” @Pontifex, 21 December 2022
  • “God became a Child and then let himself be nailed on a cross. In that weakness, God’s omnipotence is manifested. In forgiveness, God’s omnipotence is always at work. Thus, may our gifts this #Christmas be gratitude, conversion and peace.
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  • “Let us ask Mary, the Virgin of Sweet Expectation, to teach us how to ”watch and pray“ so we do not get distracted in our following of her Son, and to discover His saving presence in the events of our daily lives. #Advent” @Pontifex, 23 December 2022

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The Weekly Francis – 13 December 2022

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week, from 24 November 2022 to 13 December 2022.

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  • “Let us place our trust in the Lord of the universe, who loves us immensely and knows that we can build something wonderful, something eternal with Him. The lives of the saints show us this in a most beautiful way. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex, 7 December 2022
  • “Let us entrust to the intercession of the Mother of God the universal desire for peace, in particular for tormented Ukraine, which suffers greatly. With God’s help, peace is possible; disarmament is possible. May Our Lady help us to convert ourselves towards God’s plans.” @Pontifex, 8 December 2022
  • “With Baptism, we became God’s beloved children forever. This is our original beauty, for which to be joyful! Today, Mary, surprised by the grace that made her beautiful from the first instant of her life, leads us to marvel at our beauty. #ImmaculateConception” @Pontifex, 8 December 2022
  • “In the #GospelOfTheDay (Lk 1:26–38), the angel does not call Mary by her name, but with a new name: full of grace. Full of grace, and therefore free from sin, is the name God gives her and that we celebrate today. #ImmaculateConception” @Pontifex, 8 December 2022
  • “The Virgin Mary is the “Way” God Himself prepared to come into the world. Let us #PrayTogether, entrusting to her intercession the salvation and peace awaited by all men and women of our time.” @Pontifex, 8 December 2022
  • “If we embrace Christ with open arms, we will also embrace others with trust and humility.” @Pontifex, 9 December 2022
  • “To protect the human dignity of the weakest by affirming their rights contributes to the growth of human fraternity and safeguards the image of God imprinted in each person. #StandUp4HumanRights #HumanRightsDay” @Pontifex, 10 December 2022
  • “God is always greater than we imagine Him to be. His works are surprising compared to our calculations. His actions exceed our needs and expectations. And for this reason we must never stop seeking Him and transforming ourselves into His true appearance. #Angelus” @Pontifex, 11 December 2022
  • “I invite you to pray, before the creche, that the Nativity of the Lord will bring a ray of peace to children all over the world, especially those forced to live the terrible and dark days of war.” @Pontifex, 11 December 2022
  • “I am following with sorrow and concern the news from South Sudan about the violent clashes over recent days. Let us pray to the Lord for peace and national reconciliation, so that the attacks may cease and that civilians may always be respected.” @Pontifex, 11 December 2022
  • “In the #GospelOfTheDay, John the Baptist is no longer able to recognize in Jesus the awaited Messiah, and he sends the disciples to check. Even the greatest believer goes through the tunnel of doubt. This is not a bad thing, and sometimes it is essential for spiritual growth.” @Pontifex, 11 December 2022
  • “This is a difficult time for humanity, but it is also a propitious time of salvation, in which the Lord, through the Virgin Mary, continues to give us His Son, who calls us to fraternity, to set aside selfishness, indifference and enmity, and to get involved with each other.” @Pontifex, 12 December 2022
  • “Thank you to all who follow me on this account which was opened 10 years ago to proclaim the joy of the Gospel. Let us continue to build up this network as a free space to promote encounter and dialogue and to value what unites us.” @Pontifex, 12 December 2022
  • “In the many painful crossroads of our present history, God continues to send us the Mother of His Son. #OurLadyOfGuadalupe invites us to trust in the ”true God for whom we live“, joyfully and confidently directing us to reaffirm our belonging to the Lord.” @Pontifex, 12 December 2022
  • “Preparing the #creche for Baby Jesus, we once again learn who our Lord is. He is the God of humble meekness, of mercy and love, who intervenes always respecting our freedom and our choices.” @Pontifex, 13 December 2022

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