Jimmy Akin

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week, from 21 July 2022 to 6 September 2022.

Angelus

• 4 September 2022 – Angelus

Apostolic Letter

• 3 September 2022 – Decree for the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta (S.M.O.M.)

General Audiences

• 31 August 2022 – General Audience – Catechesis On Discernment’ 1. What does it mean to discern?

Homilies

• 4 September 2022 – Holy Mass and beatification of the Servant of God, Pope John Paul I

Messages

• 21 July 2022 – Message of His Holiness Pope Francis, signed by the Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, on the occasion of the 43rd Meeting for Friendship among Peoples [Rimini, 20–25 August 2022] (21 July 20

Speeches

• 1 September 2022 – To members of the Italian Association of Teachers and Practitioners of Liturgy (1st September 2022)
• 1 September 2022 – To participants in the General Chapter of the Schönstatt Fathers (1st September 2022)
• 3 September 2022 – To Members of the AVSI Foundation for the ‘Open Hospitals’ Project in Syria
• 5 September 2022 – Delegation from Caritas Spain

Papal Tweets

• “Discernment is demanding but indispensable for living. It requires a filial relationship with God. God is Father and He does not leave us alone. He is always willing to welcome us. But He never imposes His will. Why? Because He wants to be loved and not feared. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex, 31 August 2022
• “Let us #PrayTogether that the death penalty, which attacks the dignity of the human person, may be legally abolished in every country. #PrayerIntention TVT YouTube” @Pontifex, 31 August 2022
• “I am following with concern the violent events in Baghdad in recent days. Let us #PrayTogether for the people of Iraq. Dialogue and fraternity are the best way to face the current difficulties and reach peaceful living together.” @Pontifex, 31 August 2022
• “God wants children, not slaves: free children. And love can only be lived in freedom. To learn to live one must learn to love, and for this it is necessary to discern. PLf Vatican” @Pontifex, 31 August 2022
• “Today, more than ever, we need a non-worldly liturgy, one that makes us raise our eyes toward Heaven to experience that the world and life are inhabited by the Mystery of Christ; and at the same time, a liturgy that is not distanced from life.” @Pontifex, 1 September 2022
• “Let us #PrayTogether during this #SeasonOfCreation so that the UN COP27 and COP15 Summits might unite the human family in decisively confronting the double crisis of climate change and the reduction of biodiversity.” @Pontifex, 1 September 2022
• “May this year’s theme, “Listen to the voice of creation”, foster a concrete commitment in each person to take care of our common home. Prey to our consumerist excesses, our sister, mother earth, weeps and implores us to put an end to our abuses and destruction. #SeasonOfCreation” @Pontifex, 1 September 2022
• “Today we celebrate the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, and the beginning of the #SeasonOfCreation, which will conclude on 4 October, the Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi.” @Pontifex, 1 September 2022
• “This #SeasonofCreation is an opportunity to cultivate our “ecological conversion,” a conversion encouraged by Saint John Paul II as a response to the “ecological catastrophe” predicted by Saint Paul VI back in 1970.
  https://t.co/GEsiGVPhRw Message” @Pontifex, 2 September 2022
• “In this #SeasonofCreation, we pray once more in the great cathedral of creation, and revel in the grandiose cosmic choir made up of countless creatures singing God’s praises. #PrayTogether https://t.co/iKWbVyKfuW” @Pontifex, 3 September 2022
• “Following Jesus means bearing, like him, one’s own burdens and those of others, making one’s life a gift. Jesus asks this of us: live the Gospel and you will live your life, not halfway but to the full.” @Pontifex, 4 September 2022
• “Let us pray to #PopeJohnPaulI. Let us ask him to obtain for us ”the smile of the soul“. Using his own words, let us ask for what he himself used to request: ”Lord, take me as I am, with my defects, with my shortcomings, but help me become what you desire me to be.”” @Pontifex, 4 September 2022
• “Blessed #JohnPaulI considered himself like dust in which God deigned to write. Therefore, he used to say, ”the Lord recommended this a lot: be humble. Even if you have done great things, say: ‘We are useless servants.’ “” @Pontifex, 4 September 2022
• “In the #GospelOfTheDay (Lk 14:25–33), the Lord’s discourse isnot that appealing and is quite demanding: whoever does not love him more than his or her own dear ones, whoever does not carry the cross, whoever is not detached from earthly goods, cannot be his disciple.” @Pontifex, 4 September 2022
• “If shared with love, a small amount never ends, but becomes a source of life and happiness. Such is the case with our alms, whether small or large, when offered with joy and simplicity. #InternationalDayofCharity” @Pontifex, 5 September 2022
• “#MotherTeresa loved to say, “Perhaps I don’t speak their language, but I can smile”. Let us carry her smile in our hearts and give it to those whom we meet along our journey, especially those who suffer. In this way, we will open up opportunities of joy and hope.” @Pontifex, 5 September 2022
• “The sweet song of creation invites us to practise an “ecological spirituality” attentive to God’s presence in the natural world, aware that everything was created through Christ and that ”without Him not one thing came into being” (Jn 1:3). #SeasonofCreation” @Pontifex, 6 September 2022

Papal Instagram

• Franciscus

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week, from 24 August 2022 to 30 August 2022.

Angelus

• 28 August 2022 – Pastoral Visit to L’Aquila’ Angelus

General Audiences

• 24 August 2022 – General Audience – Catechesis On Old Age’ 18. The labour pains of creation. The story of the creature as a mystery of gestation

Homilies

• 27 August 2022 – Ordinary Public Consistory for the creation of new Cardinals and for the vote on some Causes of Canonization
• 28 August 2022 – Pastoral Visit to L’Aquila’ Holy Mass
• 30 August 2022 – Holy Mass with the new Cardinals and the College of Cardinals

Speeches

• 25 August 2022 – To the Participants in the meeting promoted by the International Catholic Legislators Network
• 28 August 2022 – Pastoral Visit to L’Aquila’ Greeting to the families of the victims, the authorities and citizens present in the Square

Papal Tweets

• “As we approach the end of our lives, the essentials of life that we hold most dear become definitively clear to us. Our whole life appears like a seed that will have to be buried so that its flower and its fruit can be born.” @Pontifex, 24 August 2022
• “We need #peace! #PrayTogether #Ukraine Image” @Pontifex, 24 August 2022
• “Ми потребуємо миру! #МолімосяРазом #Україна ##Мир bAGMXFlA Image” @Pontifex, 24 August 2022
• “Мы нуждаемся в мире! #МолимсяВместе #Украина #Мир QXGuRm Image” @Pontifex, 24 August 2022
• “Peace is not often achieved by famous people, but by the daily determination of ordinary men and women.” @Pontifex, 25 August 2022
• “Prayer helps us maintain a lively faith. The oil of faith preserves it, turning our thoughts often toward the Lord. Looking at the image of the crucifix, fixing our eyes on Jesus, can help us a lot. This is a beautiful way to pray.” @Pontifex, 26 August 2022
• “A Cardinal loves the Church, always with that same spiritual fire, whether dealing with great questions or handling everyday problems, with the powerful of this world or those ordinary people who are great in God’s eyes.” @Pontifex, 27 August 2022
• “Today too, Jesus wants to bring this fire to the earth. He wants to light it anew on the shores of our daily lives. Jesus calls us by name; he looks us in the eye and he asks: Can I count on you? Kz Vatican” @Pontifex, 27 August 2022
• “Mercy is the experience of feeling welcomed, put back on our feet, strengthened, healed, encouraged. To be forgiven is to experience here and now that which comes closest to being resurrected.” @Pontifex, 28 August 2022
• “et us #PrayTogether for the people of Pakistan, hit by floods of disastrous proportions. Let us pray for the numerous victims, for the wounded and those forced from their homes, and that international solidarity might be prompt and generous.” @Pontifex, 28 August 2022
• “Let us #PrayTogether for the people of Ukraine and for all those who suffer because of war. May the God of #peace revive a human and Christian sense of pity and mercy in the hearts of the leaders of nations.” @Pontifex, 28 August 2022
• “Celestine V was a courageous witness of the Gospel. In him, we admire a Church free from worldly logic, witnessing completely to that name of God which is Mercy.” @Pontifex, 28 August 2022
• “The Word of God for today invites us to become humble and meek. Beginning with our misery, humility makes us take our gaze off ourselves in order to turn it toward God.” @Pontifex, 28 August 2022
• “To renew our faith and our common mission, we are called to rediscover the core of the faith: our relationship with Jesus and the preaching of his Gospel to the whole world. This is essential!” @Pontifex, 29 August 2022
• “Dear brothers and sisters, a minister of the Church is someone who experiences wonder before God’s plan and, in that spirit, passionately loves the Church, ready to be at the service of her mission wherever and however the Holy Spirit may choose.” @Pontifex, 30 August 2022

Papal Instagram

• Franciscus

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