Jimmy Akin

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 14 April 2022 to 26 April 2022.

Homilies

• 14 April 2022 – Mass of the Lord’s Supper
• 24 April 2022 – Holy Mass on the liturgical feast of Divine Mercy

Regina Caeli

• 24 April 2022 – Regina Caeli

Speeches

• 18 April 2022 – Meeting with Italian teenagers
• 25 April 2022 – To Pilgrims from the Catholic Chaplaincy at Queen’s University, Belfast
• 25 April 2022 – To Participants in the conference on ‘Trinitarian International Solidarity’, promoted by the Order of the Holy Trinity (Trinitarians)
• 25 April 2022 – To the Missionaries of Divine Mercy
• 25 April 2022 – Meeting with the Sri Lankan community in Italy

Papal Tweets

• “With Jesus, the Risen Lord, no night will last forever. Even in the darkest night, the morning star still shines.” @Pontifex, 21 April 2022
• “We all need to make a contribution to halt the destruction of our common home and to restore nature: governments, businesses and citizens – we must act like brothers and sisters who share the Earth, the common home that God has given us. #EarthDay” @Pontifex, 22 April 2022
• “How beautiful is a Church that can run through the streets of our world with the desire to bear the joy of the Gospel to everyone. That is what we are called to do: to roll away the stone from the tomb where we have often enclosed the Lord, in order to spread his joy in the world” @Pontifex, 22 April 2022
• “Let us ask for the grace to feeling that we are in need of mercy: this is the only way that the salvation of God operates in us. #DivineMercy” @Pontifex, 23 April 2022
• “I ask everyone to increase their prayers for peace and to have the courage to say, to show that peace is possible. Political leaders, please, listen to the voice of the people who want peace, not an escalation of the conflict.” @Pontifex, 24 April 2022
• “Христос воскрес! Он воистину воскрес! Да наполнит Господь надеждой благие ожидания сердец, да принесёт Он мир, оскорблённый варварством войны.” @Pontifex, 24 April 2022
• “Печально, что в эти дни – самые святые и торжественные для всех христиан – чаще раздаётся смертоносный грохот оружия, чем звон колоколов, возвещающих о Воскресении; печально, что оружие всё больше занимает место слов.” @Pontifex, 24 April 2022
• “Я вновь призываю к пасхальному перемирию. Наступление обязано прекратиться, чтобы облегчить страдания измученного населения; необходимо остановиться, повинуясь словам Воскресшего, Который в день Пасхи повторяет Своим ученикам: ‘Мир вам!’.” @Pontifex, 24 April 2022
• “Я прошу всех умножить молитвы о мире и смело заявить и показать, что мир действительно возможен. Политические лидеры, пожалуйста, прислушайтесь к голосу людей, которые хотят мира, а не эскалации конфликта.” @Pontifex, 24 April 2022
• “Я прошу всіх посилити молитву за мир і мати сміливість говорити та демонструвати, що мир є можливим. Політичні лідери, будь ласка, прислухайтесь до голосу людей, які прагнуть миру, а не ескалації конфлікту.” @Pontifex, 24 April 2022
• “Повторюю заклик до великоднього перемир’я. Нехай припиниться наступ, щоби вийти назустріч стражданням виснаженого населення; нехай зупиниться, слухаючись слів Воскреслого, Який в день Пасхи повторює Своїм учням: «Мир вам!»” @Pontifex, 24 April 2022
• “I renew my appeal for an Easter truce. Stop the attack, so as to respond to the suffering of the exhausted population. Let it stop, in obedience to the words of the Risen Lord, who on Easter repeats to his disciples: “Peace be with you!” @Pontifex, 24 April 2022
• “It is sad that in these days, which are the holiest and most solemn for all Christians, the deadly roar of weapons is heard rather than the sound of bells announcing the Resurrection. And it is sad that weapons are increasingly taking the place of words” @Pontifex, 24 April 2022
• “Сумно, що в ці дні, найсвятіші та найурочистіші для всіх християн, смертельний гуркіт зброї звучить гучніше, аніж передзвін, що звіщає Воскресіння; сумно, що зброя дедалі більше займає місце слова.” @Pontifex, 24 April 2022
• “Христос Воскрес! Він воістину воскрес! Нехай же Він наповнить надією добрі очікування сердець! Нехай же Він дарує мир, скривджений варварством війни” @Pontifex, 24 April 2022
• “This Sunday, we discover three ways the #DivineMercy acts in us: it gives joy, it grants forgiveness and comforts in difficulties. https://t.co/TlkICgagAb Event” @Pontifex, 24 April 2022
• “There are difficult times when life seems to belie faith. It’s precisely then that we rediscover the Lord’s heart. In those situations, Jesus doesn’t perform earth-shattering miracles, but instead offers us heartwarming signs of #mercy. He comforts us by offering us his wounds.” @Pontifex, 24 April 2022
• “Jesus is not afraid of our crises. He always comes back when the doors are closed and when we doubt. He always comes back, not with powerful signs that would make us feel inadequate, but with his wounds, the signs of his love. #GospelOfTheDay Jn 20:19–31” @Pontifex, 24 April 2022
• “Christ is risen, he is truly risen! May he fill with hope the good expectations of hearts. May he grant peace, outraged by the barbarity of war.” @Pontifex, 24 April 2022
• “Let’s remember the forgiveness and peace we have received from Jesus. Let’s put the memory of God’s warm embrace before the memory of our own mistakes and failings. In this way, we will grow in joy. For nothing will ever is ever the same for anyone who has experienced God’s joy!” @Pontifex, 25 April 2022
• “#МолімосяРазом за всі жертви насильства та війни. VtSsQHCgO Image” @Pontifex, 26 April 2022
• “When we bring peace to someone who is suffering physically or spiritually, when we spend some time listening, being present, or consoling someone, we encounter Jesus who repeats to us through the eyes of all those who are weighed down by the trials of life: Peace be with you!” @Pontifex, 26 April 2022
• “Let us #PrayTogether for all the victims of violence and war. Image” @Pontifex, 26 April 2022
• “#МолимсяВместе обо всех жертвах насилия и войны. vvYDnDlQ Image” @Pontifex, 26 April 2022

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This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 7 April 2022 to 20 April 2022.

General Audiences

• 20 April 2022 – General Audience

Homilies

• 14 April 2022 – Holy Chrism Mass
• 16 April 2022 – Easter Vigil in the Holy Night of Easter

Messages

• 17 April 2022 – ‘Urbi et Orbi’ – Easter 2022

Regina Caeli

• 18 April 2022 – Regina Caeli, Easter Monday

Speeches

• 7 April 2022 – To members of the community of the Pontifical Teutonic Institute of ‘Santa Maria dell’Anima’ of Rome
• 15 April 2022 – Good Friday Special ‘A Sua Immagine’, RAIUNO
• 20 April 2022 – To Members of the Global Researchers Advancing Catholic Education Project

Papal Tweets

• “God’s presence is so humble, hidden, so invisible, that it needs an attentive, awake and welcoming heart to be recognized. #Eucharist #HolyThursday” @Pontifex, 14 April 2022
• “Let us place ourselves before the Crucified One, the wellspring of our peace, and ask him for peace of heart and peace in the world. #GoodFriday” @Pontifex, 15 April 2022
• “#PrayTogether #GoodFriday #Peace OSRuw Image” @Pontifex, 15 April 2022
• “On this night let us allow the women of the Gospel to lead us by the hand, so that, with them, we may glimpse the first rays of the dawn of God’s life rising in the darkness of our world.” @Pontifex, 16 April 2022
• “The light of the resurrection generates missionary disciples who return from the tomb in order to bring to all the Gospel of the risen Christ. That is why, after seeing and hearing, the women ran to proclaim to the disciples the joy of the resurrection.” @Pontifex, 16 April 2022
• “Our hope has a name: the name of Jesus. He entered the tomb of our sin; he descended to those depths where we feel most lost, bore the weight of our burdens and from the dark abyss of death restored us to life and turned our mourning into joy.” @Pontifex, 16 April 2022
• “Jesus is alive! Today, too, he walks in our midst, changes us and sets us free. Thanks to him, evil has been robbed of its power; failure can no longer hold us back from starting anew; and death has become a passage to the stirrings of new life.” @Pontifex, 16 April 2022
• “The women proclaimed the joy of the resurrection. Easter did not occur simply to console those who mourned the death of Jesus, but to open hearts to the extraordinary message of God’s triumph over evil and death.” @Pontifex, 16 April 2022
• “Давайте позволим победить себя миру Христову! Мир – возможен, мир – необходим, мир – это главная ответственность каждого! #Мир wRKgh Image” @Pontifex, 17 April 2022
• “May there be #peace also for Libya and for Yemen, for Myanmar and for Afghanistan, for the entire African continent – particularly in the Sahel region –, for Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Let’s pray for the people in the eastern part of South Africa too.” @Pontifex, 17 April 2022
• “May there be #peace for the Middle East, racked by years of conflict and division. May there be peace and reconciliation for the peoples of Lebanon, Syria and Iraq, and in particular for all the Christian communities of the Middle East.” @Pontifex, 17 April 2022
• “В моём сердце – все многочисленные жертвы украинского народа: миллионы беженцев и внутренних переселенцев, разделённые семьи, оставшиеся в одиночестве старики, разбитые жизни и стёртые с лица земли города. У меня перед глазами – взгляд осиротевших детей, бежавших от войны.” @Pontifex, 17 April 2022
• “Ношу в своєму серці всі численні українські жертви, мільйони біженців і внутрішньо переміщених осіб, розділені сім’ї, похилих віком, які залишилися самотніми, розбиті життя та міста, стерті з лиця землі. Маю перед очима погляд осиротілих дітей, що втікають від війни.” @Pontifex, 17 April 2022
• “I hold in my heart all the many Ukrainian victims, the millions of refugees and internally displaced persons, the divided families, the elderly left to themselves, the lives broken and the cities razed to the ground. I see the faces of the orphaned children fleeing from the war.” @Pontifex, 17 April 2022
• “Пусть наступит мир для истерзанной Украины, тяжко страдающей от насилия и разрушений жестокой и бессмысленной войны, в которую она была втянута. Пусть над этим страшным мороком страданий и смерти поскорее взойдёт новая заря надежды! Да будет сделан выбор в пользу мира. #Мир” @Pontifex, 17 April 2022
• “Нехай настане мир для багатостраждальної України що переживає дуже важке випробування насильством та руйнуваннями жорстокої та безумної війни в яку вона була втягнута. Нехай над цією жахливою ніччю страждання та смерті якнайшвидше зійде новий світанок надії! Нехай буде обрано мир” @Pontifex, 17 April 2022
• “May there be peace for war-torn #Ukraine, so sorely tried by the violence and destruction of the cruel and senseless war into which it was dragged. In this terrible night of suffering and death, may a new dawn of hope soon appear! Let there be a decision for #peace.” @Pontifex, 17 April 2022
• “Раны на теле воскресшего Иисуса – это знак сражения, которое Он вёл и выиграл за нас оружием любви, дабы мы могли иметь мир, быть в мире, жить в мире. #Мир R Image” @Pontifex, 17 April 2022
• “Рани на Тілі воскреслого Ісуса є знаком боротьби, якою Він боровся та переміг за нас, зброєю любові, щоби ми могли мати #мир, перебувати в мирі, жити в мирі. jC Image” @Pontifex, 17 April 2022
• “The wounds on the body of the risen Jesus are the sign of the battle he fought and won for us, won with the weapons of love, so that we might have #peace and remain in peace. https://t.co/GVgQvBODaQ Image” @Pontifex, 17 April 2022
• “The Lord is risen! Let us lift up our gaze, remove the veil of sadness and sorrow from our eyes, and open our hearts to the hope that God brings! https://t.co/laMdZhXIBe Homily” @Pontifex, 17 April 2022
• “Дозвольмо, щоби Христовий #мир переміг нас! Мир є можливим, мир є обов’язковим, мир є першочерговою відповідальністю всіх! e Image” @Pontifex, 17 April 2022
• “May the risen Christ accompany and assist the people of Latin America and the journey of reconciliation that the Catholic Church in Canada is making with the indigenous peoples.” @Pontifex, 17 April 2022
• “May we be won over by the #peace of Christ! Peace is possible; peace is a duty; peace is everyone’s primary responsibility! qxaoyN Image” @Pontifex, 17 April 2022
• “The Easter joy is not to be kept to oneself. The joy of Christ is strengthened by giving it, it multiplies sharing it. If we open ourselves and carry the Gospel, our hearts will open and overcome fear. #GospelOfTheDay (Mt 28:8–15).” @Pontifex, 18 April 2022
• “The Lord is risen! Let us not tarry among the tombs, but run to find him, the Living One! Nor may we be afraid to seek him also in the faces of our brothers and sisters, in the stories of those who hope and dream, in the pain of those who we suffer: God is there!” @Pontifex, 19 April 2022
• ““Honour your father and mother” is a solemn commitment. It is not just about our own father and mother, but about the old age of life… We received the love of our parents, of our grandparents, and now we return this love to them. #BlessingOfTime” @Pontifex, 20 April 2022

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This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 6 April 2022 to 13 April 2022.

Angelus

• 10 April 2022 – Angelus, Palm Sunday

General Audiences

• 6 April 2022 – General Audience – Apostolic Journey to Malta
• 13 April 2022 – General Audience

Homilies

• 10 April 2022 – Palm Sunday

Papal Tweets

• “: Це жертви, невинна кров яких взиває до неба та благає: нехай буде покладено край цій війні! Змусьте зброю замовкнути! Нехай більше не сіється смерть і руйнування! #МолімосяРазом” @Pontifex, 6 April 2022
• “Let us not forget the children who have had to flee and come to a foreign land: this is one of the fruits of war. Let us not forget them, and let us not forget the Ukrainian people. #PrayTogether” @Pontifex, 6 April 2022
• “They are victims whose innocent blood cries to Heaven and implores: put an end to this war! Silence the weapons! Stop sowing death and destruction! #PrayTogether” @Pontifex, 6 April 2022
• “Не будем забывать о детях, которым пришлось бежать на чужую землю, – это один из плодов войны. Не будем забывать о них, не будем забывать об украинском народе. #МолимсяВместе” @Pontifex, 6 April 2022
• “Не забуваймо про дітей, які мусіли втікати і прибути до чужої землі: це однин із плодів війни. Не забуваймо про них, не забуваймо про український народ. #МолімосяРазом” @Pontifex, 6 April 2022
• “Невинная кровь этих жертв взывает к Небесам и умоляет: да прекратится эта война! Да умолкнет оружие! Хватит сеять смерть и разрушение! #МолимсяВместе” @Pontifex, 6 April 2022
• “The recent news from #Ukraine, reports new atrocities, like the massacre in Bucha: ever more horrendous cruelty done even against defenseless civilians, women and children.” @Pontifex, 6 April 2022
• “Новости с Украины свидетельствуют о новых зверствах, таких как резня в Буче: всё более чудовищная жестокость, также в отношении беззащитных гражданских лиц, женщин и детей.
  #Украина” @Pontifex, 6 April 2022
• “I chose the words ”with unusual kindness“ as the motto of my Journey to Malta because they indicate the path to follow so that the world might become more fraternal, more livable, and might be saved from a “shipwreck” that menaces all of us who are in the same boat.” @Pontifex, 6 April 2022
• “Новини з #України засвідчують нові звірства, як от різанина в Бучі: дедалі жахливіші акти жорстокості, скоєні також проти цивільних, безборонних жінок і дітей.” @Pontifex, 6 April 2022
• “The Season of #Lenten calls us to place our faith and hope in the Lord, since only if we fix our gaze on the risen Christ will we be able to respond to the Apostle’s appeal, “Let us never grow tired of doing good” (Gal 6:9).” @Pontifex, 7 April 2022
• “Jesus spoke of this hope when he announced his passion and death saying he would “be raised on the third day” (Mt 20:19). He was speaking of the future opened up by the Father’s mercy. Hoping with him and thanks to him means receiving from his open Heart the Father’s forgiveness.” @Pontifex, 8 April 2022
• “We are like little toddlers who try to walk, but keep falling, and need to be picked up each time by their father. It is the Father’s forgiveness that always sets us back on our feet. God’s forgiveness, #Confession, is the first step on our return journey to the Lord.” @Pontifex, 8 April 2022
• “I ask Mary Most Holy to pray that this #Lent will open our hearts to hear the call to be reconciled to God, to fix our gaze on the paschal Mystery, and to be converted to an open and sincere dialogue with God.” @Pontifex, 9 April 2022
• “#PrayTogether #Ukraine #Peace Image” @Pontifex, 10 April 2022
• “Немає нічого неможливого в Бога. (Лк 1,37). Також зробити так, аби припинилася війна, якій не видно кінця. Війна, яка кожного дня ставить перед нашими очима нелюдські масові вбивства та нещадні акти жорстокості, скоєні проти беззахисних цивільних. #МолімосяРазом #Мир Image” @Pontifex, 10 April 2022
• “‘У Бога не останется бессильным никакое слово’ (Лк 1,37). Для Бога нет ничего невозможного, даже прекратить войну, конца которой не видно, – войну, из-а которой каждый день у нас перед глазами чудовищные массовые убийства и зверские жестокости против беззащитных гражданских лиц. UjE Image” @Pontifex, 10 April 2022
• “Nothing is impossible for God (Lk 1:37). He can even bring an end to a war whose end is not in sight, a war that daily places before our eyes heinous massacres and atrocious cruelty committed against defenseless civilians. #PrayTogether #Peace gxm Image” @Pontifex, 10 April 2022
• “#МолимсяВместе #Мир #Украина Q Image” @Pontifex, 10 April 2022
• “#МолімосяРазом #Мир #Україна https://t.co/YWhssGjLgI Image” @Pontifex, 10 April 2022
• “Jesus is crucified in the refugees who flee from bombs with children in their arms. He is crucified in the elderly left alone to die, in the young people deprived of a future; in the soldiers sent to kill their brothers and sisters.” @Pontifex, 10 April 2022
• “Father, forgive them for they know not what they do (Lk 23:34). When violence is used, it shows that we know nothing about God, who is Father, or even about others, our brothers and sisters. We forget why we are in the world and end up committing senseless acts of cruelty.” @Pontifex, 10 April 2022
• “Jesus instead says: Father, forgive them (Lk 23:34). Jesus did not rebuke his executioners or threaten punishments in God’s name. Rather, he prays for the evildoers. Hanging from the gibbet of humiliation, the intensity of his giving increases until it becomes forgiving.” @Pontifex, 10 April 2022
• “Save yourself. Take care of yourself. Think of yourself, not of others, only of your own well-being, your own success, your own interests, your possessions, your power, your image. Save yourself (Lk 23:37), is the constant refrain of that humanity that has crucified the Lord.” @Pontifex, 10 April 2022
• “On Calvary, two ways of thinking collided. Against this self-centred mindset is God’s way of thinking. The mantra “save yourself” contrasts with the words of the Saviour who offers his self. #GospelOfTheDay” @Pontifex, 10 April 2022
• “The folly of war, where Christ is crucified yet another time. Christ is once more nailed to the Cross in mothers who mourn the unjust death of husbands and children.” @Pontifex, 10 April 2022
• “During this week let us welcome the certainty that God can forgive every sin, every distance; the certainty that with Jesus there is always a place for everyone; that with Jesus, it is never over, never too late. With God, we can always come back to life.” @Pontifex, 11 April 2022
• “Let us journey toward Easter with his forgiveness. For Christ constantly intercedes for us before the Father. Gazing upon our violent and wounded world, he never tires of repeating: Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.” @Pontifex, 11 April 2022
• “Let us gaze upon the Crucified One. It is from his painful holes caused by the nails of our sinfulness, that forgiveness gushes forth. Let us look to Jesus on the cross and realize that we have never been looked on with greater gentleness and compassionate.” @Pontifex, 12 April 2022
• “If we want to evaluate our following of Christ, let us look at how we behave toward those who have hurt us. The Lord asks us to respond like He does with us. He does not separate us into good and bad, friends and enemies. For Him, all of us are beloved children.” @Pontifex, 12 April 2022
• “While worldly power leaves only destruction and death in its wake, Christ’s #peace builds up history, starting from the heart of every person who welcomes us. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex, 13 April 2022
• “The #peace of the Lord follows the way of meekness and the cross: it is taking responsibility for others. Indeed, Christ took on himself our evil, sin and death. In this way he freed us. His peace is not the fruit of some compromise, but rather is born of self-giving.” @Pontifex, 13 April 2022
• “The weapons of the #Gospel are prayer, tenderness, forgiveness and freely-given love for one’s neighbour, to any neighbour. This is how God’s #peace is brought into the world. This is why the armed aggression of these days, like every war, represents an outrage against God.” @Pontifex, 13 April 2022

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