Jimmy Akin

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 20 January 2022 to 26 January 2022.

Angelus

• 23 January 2022 – Angelus

General Audiences

• 26 January 2022 – General Audience – Catechesis on Saint Joseph’ 9. Saint Joseph, a man who ‘dreams’

Homilies

• 23 January 2022 – Holy Mass on the occasion of the Sunday of the Word of God
• 25 January 2022 – Solemnity of the Conversion of Saint Paul – Celebration of Second Vespers

Messages

• 24 January 2022 – LVI World Communications Day, 2022 – Listening with the ear of the heart

Speeches

• 20 January 2022 – To the Members of the Italian Association of Private Construction Contractors (ANCE)

Papal Tweets

• “The unity for which Jesus prayed, which certainly demands mature freedom born of firm decisions, endurance and sacrifice, is the reason for the world to believe. #Prayer #ChristianUnity” @Pontifex, 21 January 2022
• “The Word brings us close to God. Let us carry it with us always, in a place where we can remember to open it daily, so that amid all those words that ring in our ears, there may also be a few verses of the #WordOfGod that can touch our hearts.” @Pontifex, 21 January 2022
• “#ChristianUnity is not attained so much by agreement about some shared value, but by doing something concrete together for those who bring us closest to the Lord: the poor, for in them Jesus is present (Mt 25:40). Sharing in works of charity helps us make greater progress.” @Pontifex, 22 January 2022
• “Let us ask the Lord for the strength to turn off the television and open the Bible, to turn off our cell phone and open the Gospel. It will make us feel God’s closeness to us and fill us with courage as we make our way through life. #WordOfGod” @Pontifex, 22 January 2022
• “I am following with concern the increase of tensions that threaten to inflict a new blow to peace in Ukraine and call into question the security of the European Continent. Therefore, I propose that next Wednesday, 26 January be a day of prayer for peace.” @Pontifex, 23 January 2022
• “The Word of God is the beacon that guides the synodal journey that has begun throughout the Church. As we strive to listen to each other, with attention and discernment, let us listen together to the Word of God and the Holy Spirit. #Synod” @Pontifex, 23 January 2022
• “By the power of the Holy Spirit, the Word of God has come to dwell among us and it desires to continue to dwell in our midst, in order to fulfil our expectations and to heal our wounds. #SundayoftheWord Homily” @Pontifex, 23 January 2022
• “The word of God nurtures and renews faith: let us put it back at the centre of our prayer and our spiritual life! #SundayoftheWord” @Pontifex, 23 January 2022
• “At the heart of the life of God’s holy people and our journey of faith are not ourselves and our own words. At its heart is God and his word. #SundayoftheWord” @Pontifex, 23 January 2022
• “It is only by paying attention to whom we listen, to what we listen, and to how we listen that we can grow in the art of communicating, the heart of which is not a theory or a technique, but the openness of heart that makes closeness posible. #WCD Message” @Pontifex, 24 January 2022
• “We have set out on a journey led by God’s kindly light that dissipates the darkness of division and directs our journey towards unity. The world needs God’s light, and that light shines only in love, in communion and in fraternity.” @Pontifex, 24 January 2022
• “Let us progress together in seeking God boldly and in concrete ways. Let us keep our gaze ever fixed on Christ (Heb 12.2) and remain close to one another in #prayer. #ChristianUnity” @Pontifex, 25 January 2022
• “Like Saul before his encounter with Christ, we need to change course, to invert the route of our habits and our ways, in order to find the path that the Lord points out to us: the path of humility, fraternity and adoration. #ChristianUnity” @Pontifex, 25 January 2022
• “O Lord, grant us the courage to change course, to be converted, to follow your will and not our own; to go forward together, towards you, who by your Spirit wish to make us one. #ChristianUnity Homily” @Pontifex, 25 January 2022
• “Today I ask you to pray for peace in #Ukraine: Let us ask the Lord to grant that the country may grow in the spirit of brotherhood, and that divisions will be overcome. May the prayers that today rise up to heaven touch the minds and hearts of world leaders.” @Pontifex, 26 January 2022

Papal Instagram

• Franciscus

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 6 January 2022 to 19 January 2022.

Angelus

• 16 January 2022 – Angelus

General Audiences

• 19 January 2022 – General Audience – Catechesis on Saint Joseph’ 8. Saint Joseph, father in tenderness

Homilies

• 9 January 2022 – Feast of the Baptism of the Lord

Messages

• 6 January 2022 – Message of the Holy Father Francis for the 625th anniversary of the Theological Faculty of the Pontifical John Paul II University in Krakow

Speeches

• 13 January 2022 – To the Delegation of the French Catholic Action Movement
• 17 January 2022 – To the Ecumenical Delegation from Finland
• 17 January 2022 – To the Delegation of the Custody of The Holy Land on the Centenary of the journal ‘La Terra Santa’

Papal Tweets

• “We are living in a difficult time, many people are facing difficulties and suffering. In a time like this, we need someone who can encourage us, help us, inspire us. Saint Joseph is a bright witness in dark times. Let us turn to him to find our way again.vaticannews.va Parents who face challenges for their children’s sake are heroes – Vatican NewsPope Francis’ interview with Vatican Media on being parents in the time of Covid and the witness of Saint Joseph, an example of strength and …” @Pontifex, 13 January 2022
• “Even if all human doors were barred, God’s door is open. #Prayer” @Pontifex, 14 January 2022
• “Lack of charity causes unhappiness, because love alone satisfies the human heart.” @Pontifex, 15 January 2022
• “Let us #PrayTogether for the people hit by strong rain and flooding in various regions of Brazil during these past weeks, especially for the victims and their families, and for those who have lost their homes.” @Pontifex, 16 January 2022
• “The first sign Jesus accomplished was not an extraordinary healing or something prodigious in the temple of Jerusalem, but an action that responded to a simple and concrete need of common people. This is how God loves to act. #GospelOfTheDay (Jn 2:1–11)” @Pontifex, 16 January 2022
• “It is love that transforms: ordinary things become extraordinary when they are done with love.” @Pontifex, 17 January 2022
• “Like the Magi who came from the East to Bethlehem to honour the Messianic King, we Christians are also pilgrims on the way toward full unity, in the diversity of our confessions and traditions. Let us #PrayTogether and keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, our only Lord. #ChristianUnity” @Pontifex, 18 January 2022
• “Tenderness is not a question of emotion or sentiment: it is the experience of feeling loved and welcomed even in our poverty and misery, and thus transformed by God’s love. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex, 19 January 2022
• “Today let us #PrayTogether for those who are in prison. May God’s tenderness reach them in their journey of reparation and return to society, and bring forth in each of us a strong desire for conversion. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex, 19 January 2022
• “Let us #PrayTogether for the people of the islands of Tonga, who were struck in recent days by a volcanic eruption that has caused enormous material damage. We ask the Lord to relieve the suffering of these brothers and sisters.” @Pontifex, 19 January 2022

Papal Instagram

• Franciscus