Jimmy Akin

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 6 August 2022 to 23 August 2022.

Angelus

• 21 August 2022 – Angelus

General Audiences

• 17 August 2022 – General Audience ’ Catechesis on Old Age – 17. The ‘Ancient of days’. Old age is a reassurance regarding the destination to a life that never dies again

Papal Tweets

• “The witness of the elderly unites the generations of life. Same with the dimensions of time: past, present and future. The various ages of life are not separate worlds competing with each other. The alliance of the elderly and children will save the human family. #BlessingOfTime” @Pontifex, 17 August 2022
• “Jesus shows us the patience of God, the merciful Father who calls us even at the last hour, who does not demand perfection but heartfelt enthusiasm, who wants to open a breach in our hardened hearts.” @Pontifex, 18 August 2022
• “To love like Jesus means to serve & give our life. To serve means to put others’ interests first, to fight the cancer of indifference, to share the gifts God has given us. To give our life means to leave egoism behind, to make our lives a gift, spending ourselves for all in need.” @Pontifex, 19 August 2022
• “Without humility we cannot encounter God, we cannot experience salvation, and we cannot even encounter our neighbour, the brother and sister living near us.” @Pontifex, 20 August 2022
• “I am following with concern and sorrow the situation created in Nicaragua. I would like to express my conviction and my hope that, through an open and sincere dialogue, the basis for a respectful and peaceful co-existence might still be found. #PrayTogether” @Pontifex, 21 August 2022
• “Jesus urges us to enter through the narrow door. This means following him in love, just like those who suffer because of their faith but who continue to pray and love, responding to evil with good, thus finding the strength to forgive. #GospelOfTheDay Lk 13:22–30” @Pontifex, 21 August 2022
• “The mercy of God, who has made us brothers and sisters, calls us to be builders of harmony and peace.” @Pontifex, 22 August 2022
• “#Peace is primarily an attitude of the heart. It is born of justice, grows in fraternity, flourishes on gratuitousness. It inspires us to serve the truth.” @Pontifex, 23 August 2022

Papal Instagram

• Franciscus

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week, from 10 August 2022 to 16 August 2022.

Angelus

• 14 August 2022 – Angelus
• 15 August 2022 – Angelus, Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

General Audiences

• 10 August 2022 – General Audience – Catechesis on Old Age’ 16. ‘I go to prepare a place for you’. Old age, a time projected towards fulfilment

Messages

• 10 August 2022 – Video Message of the Holy Father to a group of missionaries in Argentina

Papal Tweets

• “Old age is the phase in life most suited to spreading the joyful news that life is the initiation to a final fulfilment. And the best is yet to come. May God grant us an old age capable of this!” @Pontifex, 10 August 2022
• “Those who believe themselves to be rich, successful and secure, base everything on themselves and close themselves off from God and their brothers and sisters, whereas those who know they are poor and not self-sufficient remain open to God and their neighbour. And they find joy.” @Pontifex, 11 August 2022
• “We are unique, free and alive, called to live a love story with God, to make bold and firm decisions, to accept the marvelous risk of loving.” @Pontifex, 12 August 2022
• “We need to pray always, even when everything seems in vain, when God appears to be deaf and mute and it seems we are wasting time. Even if heaven is overshadowed, the Christian does not stop praying.” @Pontifex, 13 August 2022
• “The Gospel sets us in motion, and drives us to open up to God and our brothers. It is just like fire: while it warms us with God’s love, it wants to burn our selfishness, enlighten the dark sides of life, consume the false idols that enslave us. #GospelOfTheDay” @Pontifex, 14 August 2022
• “The populations of Somalia and various zones of the neighbouring countries, who already live in very precarious conditions, now find themselves in mortal danger due to drought. I hope that international solidarity can respond effectively to this emergency. #PrayTogether” @Pontifex, 14 August 2022
• “Looking at the Mother of God in glory, we understand that true power is service, that to reign means to love, and that this is the road to Heaven. #Assumption” @Pontifex, 15 August 2022
• “Let us continue to invoke the intercession of Our Lady, so that God might give the world peace, and let us pray in particular for the Ukrainian people.” @Pontifex, 15 August 2022
• “Love goes beyond usefulness, convenience or duty; love generates wonder, it inspires creative, freely-given zeal.” @Pontifex, 16 August 2022

Papal Instagram

• Franciscus