Jimmy Akin

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 29 June 2020 to 12 August 2020.

Angelus

• 2 August 2020
• 9 August 2020

General Audiences

• 5 August 2020
• 12 August 2020

Messages

• 29 June 2020 – Message of His Holiness Pope Francis to young people gathered in Medjugorje for the annual meeting

Papal Tweets

• “#SaintIgnatius teaches us humility. Humility makes us aware that it is not we who build the Kingdom of God, but always the Lord’s grace which acts within us. We are fragile clay vessels, yet we bear and communicate an immense treasure.” @Pontifex 31 July 2020
• “With the miracle of the multiplication of the loaves (see Mt 14:13–21), Jesus wants to educate His friends, both then and now, about God’s logic: the logic of taking responsibility for others. #GospelOfTheDay” @Pontifex 2 August 2020
• “How important it is to put God’s forgiveness, which ‘generates heaven’ in us and around us, back at the centre! #PardonOfAssisi” @Pontifex 2 August 2020
• “Let’s look at the ”saints next door“ who, with simplicity, respond to evil with good, have the courage to love their enemies and to pray for them.” @Pontifex 3 August 2020
• “Dear brother priests, let us ask the Lord that we be men whose lives bear witness to the compassion and mercy that Jesus alone can bestow on us. #HolyCureOfArs” @Pontifex 4 August 2020
• “Video” @Pontifex 4 August 2020
• “Let us pray for the victims of the explosions in Beirut and for their families; and let us pray for Lebanon so that, through the dedication of all its social, political and religious elements, it might face this extremely tragic and painful moment.” @Pontifex 5 August 2020
• “In the next few weeks, I invite you to tackle together the pressing questions that the pandemic has brought to the fore, social ills above all. And we will do it in the light of the Gospel, of the theological virtues and of the principles of the Church’s social doctrine.” @Pontifex 5 August 2020
• “Let us keep our eyes fixed on the resplendent face of God, whom we contemplate in Christ transfigured on Mount Tabor. He is the light that illuminates the events of every day. #Transfiguration” @Pontifex 6 August 2020
• “On the 75th anniversary of the atomic explosion at Hiroshima, let us remember that resources used in the arms race could and should be used instead to promote integral human development and to protect the natural environment. #Hiroshima75” @Pontifex 6 August 2020
• “Men and women of #Prayer bear the reflection of light on their faces. Even on the darkest days the sun does not cease to illuminate them.” @Pontifex 7 August 2020
• “We are all in need of the Father who extends His hand to us. To pray to Him, to invoke Him, is not an illusion. Illusion is to think we can do without Him! Prayer is the soul of hope.” @Pontifex 8 August 2020
• “Having faith means keeping your heart turned to God, to His love, to His Fatherly tenderness, amid the storm. Jesus wanted to teach this to Peter and the disciples, and also to us today (Mt 14:22–33). #GospelOfTheDay” @Pontifex 9 August 2020
• “Let us again pray for #Lebanon: after the catastrophe, for its particular identity, fruit of the encounter of different cultures, that with God’s help and everyone’s genuine participation, it may be reborn free and strong.” @Pontifex 9 August 2020
• “We are born with a seed of dissatisfaction in search of fulfillment. Our heart, even without knowing it, thirsts for the encounter with God and seeks it, many times taking the wrong road. When our dissatisfaction encounters Jesus, the life of grace begins.” @Pontifex 10 August 2020
• “God does not choose us because of our “goodness”, but precisely because we are and we feel small.” @Pontifex 11 August 2020
• “The coronavirus is not the only disease to be fought, but rather, the pandemic has shed light on broader social ills. One of these is a distorted view of the person, a perspective that ignores the dignity and relational character of the person. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex 12 August 2020

Papal Instagram

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