The Weekly Francis – Volume 301 – 29 January 2020

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 22 January 2020 to 29 January 2020.

The Weekly Francis is a compilation of the Holy Father’s writings, speeches, etc which I also post at Jimmy Akin’s blog.

Angelus

• 26 January 2020

General Audiences

• 22 January 2020

Homilies

• 25 January 2020 – Solemnity of the Conversion of Saint Paul – Celebration of Second Vespers
• 26 January 2020 – Holy Mass on the occasion of the Sunday of the Word of God

Messages

• 24 January 2020 – LIV World Communications Day, 2020 – “That you may tell your children and grandchildren” (Ex 10:2). Life becomes history
• 25 January 2020 – Video Message of the Holy Father a year after the Brumadinho tragedy (Brazil)

Papal Tweets

• “Ecumenical hospitality requires a willingness to listen to other Christians, paying attention to their personal stories of faith and to the history of their community.” @Pontifex 23 January 2020
• “This year I want to dedicate World Communications Day to the theme of storytelling. In order not to get lost, we must make the truth of good stories our own. Stories that build up and help us find our roots and the strength to move forward together. http://vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/communications/documents/papa-francesco_20200124_messaggio-comunicazioni-sociali.html” @Pontifex 24 January 2020
• “Envy and jealousy are seeds that generate war. Let us ask for the grace to have a transparent heart, like that of David, a transparent heart that seeks justice and peace. #SantaMarta” @Pontifex 25 January 2020
• “The Bible is the great love story between God and humanity. At its centre stands Jesus, whose own story brings to fulfilment both God’s love for us and our love for God.” @Pontifex 25 January 2020
• “We need God’s Word: so that we can hear, amid the thousands of other words in our daily lives, that one Word that speaks to us not about things, but about life. #SundayoftheWordofGod
  http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/homilies/2020/documents/papa-francesco_20200126_omelia-domenicadellaparoladidio.html” @Pontifex 26 January 2020
• “Let us make room for the Word of God! Each day, let us read a verse or two of the Bible. We will discover that God is close to us, that He dispels our darkness and, with great love, leads our lives into deep waters. #SundayoftheWordofGod” @Pontifex 26 January 2020
• “God’s Word consoles and encourages us, it challenges us, frees us from the bondage of our selfishness and summons us to conversion; because it has the power to change our lives and to lead us out of darkness into the light. #SundayoftheWordofGod” @Pontifex 26 January 2020
• “If we lose our memory, we destroy our future. May the anniversary of the Holocaust, the unspeakable cruelty that humanity learned of 75 years ago, serve as a summons to pause, to be still and to remember. We need to do this, lest we become indifferent. #DayofMemory” @Pontifex 27 January 2020
• “The Gospel will not go forward with boring, bitter evangelizers. No. It will only go forward with joyful evangelizers, full of life. #HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 28 January 2020
• “The Beatitudes are the ”identity card“ of a Christian. They are not about the joy that passes, but about happiness that knows how to live side by side with suffering. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex 29 January 2020

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