Jimmy Akin

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

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This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 10 December 2021 to 12 January 2022.

Angelus

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

General Audiences

• 12 January 2022 – General Audience, Catechesis on Saint Joseph’ 7. Saint Joseph the Carpenter

Messages

• 10 December 2021 – 30th World Day of the Sick 2022

Speeches

• 7 January 2022 – To a Delegation of French Catholic entrepreneurs
• 8 January 2022 – To Members of the Saints Peter and Paul Association
• 10 January 2022 – To the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See

Papal Tweets

• “The Lord works wonders with those who are lowly, with those who do not believe that they are great but who give ample space to God in their life. He extends His mercy to those who trust in Him, and raises up the humble.” @Pontifex, 8 January 2022
• “Today’s Gospel shows us the #BaptismOfJesus. He who is the Son of God, the Messiah goes to the Jordan River to be baptized. He lines up with the sinners, He shares our plight, He goes down into the river and at the same time into the wounded history of humanity to heal it.” @Pontifex, 9 January 2022
• “When we pray, the Father says to us, as he does to Jesus in the #GospelOfTheDay: “You are my beloved child” (Lk 3:22). Being God’s children began on the day of our Baptism, which immersed us in Christ and we became beloved children of the Father. #BaptismOfJesus” @Pontifex, 9 January 2022
• “We belong to Christ, we are joined to him through Baptism; His presence is in us, His light is in us, His life is in us. Let us therefore walk joyfully in hope sustained by his Word: it is the Word of life. #BaptismOfTheLord” @Pontifex, 9 January 2022
• “#LetUsPray for the victims of the protests that have broken out in recent days in Kazakhstan and for their families. I hope that social harmony will be restored as soon as possible through the search for dialogue, justice and the common good.” @Pontifex, 9 January 2022
• “The prophet Jeremiah tells us that God has “plans for our welfare and not for evil, to give us a future and a hope” (29:11). We should be unafraid, then, to make room for peace in our lives by cultivating dialogue and fraternity among one another.” @Pontifex, 10 January 2022
• “The issue of migration, together with the pandemic and climate change, has clearly demonstrated that we cannot be saved alone and by ourselves: the great challenges of our time are all global. Speech” @Pontifex, 10 January 2022
• “Sometimes, looking at our lives, we see only the things we lack and forget the talents we possess. Yet God gave them to us because He trusts us and asks us to make the most of the present moment, not yearning for the past, but waiting industriously for His return.” @Pontifex, 11 January 2022
• “At times due to the pandemic, many people experience the ordeal of not having a job that allows them to live tranquilly. Often they become so desperate that it drives them to the point of losing all hope and the desire to live. Let us #PrayTogether for them.” @Pontifex, 12 January 2022

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