This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 19 December 2019 to 3 June 2020.

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

General Audiences

• 27 May 2020

Homilies

• 31 May 2020 – Holy Mass on the Solemnity of Pentecost

Letters

• 31 May 2020 – Letter of the Holy Father to the Priests of the Diocese of Rome

Messages

• 30 May 2020 – Video Message of the Holy Father on the occasion of the Pentecost Vigil promoted by CHARIS (Catholic Charismatic Renewal International Service)
• 31 May 2020 – Video Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for the “Thy Kingdom Come” event
• 31 May 2020 – Message of His Holiness Pope Francis on the fiftieth anniversary of the promulgation of the revised Rite of Consecration of Virgins
• 31 May 2020 – Message for World Mission Day 2020

Motu Proprio

• 19 May 2020 – Apostolic Letter in the form of “Motu Proprio” on transparency, control and competition in the procedures for awarding public contracts of the Holy See and Vatican City State

Prayers

• 24 May 2020 – Prayer for the fifth anniversary of the Encyclical “Laudato Si’: On the Care for Our Common Home”

Unknown

• 24 May 2020
• 31 May 2020

Speeches

• 19 December 2019 – The Holy Father meets a group of refugees from Lesbos (Greece)
• 21 February 2020 – To Participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
• 24 February 2020 – To members of the “Pro Petri Sede” Association

Papal Tweets

• “The Holy Spirit makes us take flight, opens up the wonderful destiny for which we were born, and nourishes us with living hope. Let us ask Him to come to us, and He will draw near.” @Pontifex 29 May 2020
• “Dear brother priests, I want to fraternally share with you all these things that I thought and felt during this time of the pandemic, so that they might help us in our journey of praise for the Lord and of service to our brothers. Letter” @Pontifex 30 May 2020
• “The Faith provides us with a realistic and creative imagination, capable of abandoning the logic of repetition, of substitution or of preservation; it invites us to initiate a season that is always new: the season of the Lord.” @Pontifex 30 May 2020
• “We need the Holy Spirit to give us new eyes, to open our minds and our hearts to face the present moment and the future having learned this lesson: That humanity is one. No one is saved alone. No one.” @Pontifex 30 May 2020
• “From humanity’s great trials, among which is the #pandemic, we come out better or worse. We will not be the same. And that is why we open ourselves to the Holy Spirit today so that He might change our hearts and help us to come out better.” @Pontifex 31 May 2020
• “Holy Spirit, memory of God, revive in us the memory of the gift received. Free us from the paralysis of selfishness and awaken in us the desire to serve, to do good. #Pentecost” @Pontifex 31 May 2020
• “Come, Holy Spirit: you are harmony; make us builders of unity. You always give yourself; grant us the courage to go out of ourselves, to love and help each other, in order to become one family. Amen. #Pentecost” @Pontifex 31 May 2020
• “Let’s view the Church with the Spirit’s eyes not with the world’s which sees us on the right or left. The Spirit sees sons & daughters of the Father,Jesus’s brothers & sisters. The world sees conservatives and progressives. The Spirit sees children of God. Homily” @Pontifex 31 May 2020
• “#Mission is a free and conscious response to God’s call. Yet we discern this call only when we have a personal relationship of love with Jesus present in his Church. Message” @Pontifex 31 May 2020
• “How I desire that we Christians be more deeply united as witnesses of mercy for the human family so severely tested in these days. Let’s ask the Spirit for the gift of unity, for only if we live as brothers & sisters can we spread the spirit of fraternity. Message” @Pontifex 31 May 2020
• “The Holy Spirit assures us that we are not alone, that God sustains us. Dear friends, we must give in turn the gift that we have received: we are called to share the comfort of the Spirit, the closeness of God.” @Pontifex 1 June 2020
• “A Church that is mother follows the path of tenderness and compassion. A son or daughter of the Church is therefore meek, tender, smiling, and full of love. #MaryMotherOfTheChurch” @Pontifex 1 June 2020
• “Let us invoke the Holy Spirit. May He might give light and strength to the Church and society in the #Amazon region, sorely tried by the pandemic. I pray for the poorest of that precious Region and the world. And I plead that they may not lack health care.” @Pontifex 2 June 2020
• “We have such need of the light and strength of the Holy Spirit! The Church needs it to walk harmoniously and courageously in the witness of the Gospel. And the entire human family needs it so as to move out of this crisis more united and not more divided.” @Pontifex 2 June 2020
• “We cannot tolerate or turn a blind eye to racism and exclusion in any form. At the same time, we have to recognize that violence is self-destructive and self-defeating. Nothing is gained by violence and so much is lost. Let us pray for reconciliation and peace.” @Pontifex 3 June 2020
• “Let us learn from Abraham to pray with faith: listening, walking, engaging in dialogue to the point of argument, but always willing to accept God’s word and to put it into practice. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex 3 June 2020

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This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 17 April 2020 to 28 May 2020.

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

Daily Homilies (fervorinos)

• 17 April 2020 – Familiarity with the Lord
• 18 April 2020 – The gift of the Holy Spirit: frankness, courage, parresia
• 6 May 2020 – Having the courage to see through our darkness, so the light of the Lord may enter and save us
• 7 May 2020 – Being Christian is belonging to the People of God

General Audiences

• 20 May 2020

Homilies

• 18 May 2020 – Holy Mass for the 100th anniversary of Saint John Paul II’s birth

Letters

• 24 May 2020 – Letter of the Holy Father to the Cardinal Kurt Koch for the twenty-fifth anniversary of Saint John Paul II’s Encyclical Letter Ut Unum Sint

Messages

• 18 May 2020 – Video Message of the Holy Father for the 100th anniversary of Saint John Paul II’s birth
• 21 May 2020 – Message of His Holiness Pope Francis to the Pontifical Mission Societies

Prayers

• 18 May 2020 – Prayer of the Holy Father to mark the centenary of the birth of Saint John Paul II

Unknown

• 17 May 2020 – Regina Coeli, 17 May 2020

Papal Tweets

• “This life is the gift that God has given us. It is too short to be spent in sadness. Let us praise God, content simply to exist. We are children of the great King, capable of reading His signature in all Creation. #LaudatoSi5” @Pontifex 21 May 2020
• “Jesus told his disciples that he would send them the Spirit, the Comforter, prior to his departure. In this way, he also entrusted the apostolic work of the Church to the Spirit for all time, until his return. #Ascension [Message(]http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/pont-messages/2020/documents/papa-francesco_20200521_messaggio-pom.html)” @Pontifex 21 May 2020
• “If one follows Jesus, happy to be attracted by Him, others will take notice. They may even be astonished. The joy that radiates from those attracted by Christ and by his Spirit is what can make any missionary initiative fruitful.” @Pontifex 21 May 2020
• “The joy of proclaiming the Gospel always shines brightly against the backdrop of a grateful memory. To be “in a state of mission” is a reflection of gratitude. It is the response of one who by gratitude is made docile to the Spirit and is therefore free. [Message(]http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/pont-messages/2020/documents/papa-francesco_20200521_messaggio-pom.html)” @Pontifex 21 May 2020
• “Receiving the joy of the Spirit is a grace. Moreover, it is the only force that enables us to preach the Gospel and to confess our faith in the Lord. Faith means bearing witness to the joy that the Lord gives to us. A joy such as this cannot be the result of our own efforts.” @Pontifex 21 May 2020
• “Each year sees the disappearance of thousands of plant and animal species which we will never know, which our children will never see. Because of us, thousands of species will no longer give glory to God by their very existence. We have no such right. #Biodiversity #LaudatoSi5” @Pontifex 22 May 2020
• “Men and women of #Prayer safeguard the basic truths. They repeat to everyone that this life, despite all its fatigue, trials, and difficult days, is filled with a grace at which we marvel. As such life must always be defended and protected.” @Pontifex 23 May 2020
• “Care for nature is part of a lifestyle which includes the capacity for living together and communion. Jesus reminded us that we have God as our common Father and that this makes us brothers and sisters. #LaudatoSi5” @Pontifex 23 May 2020
• “An integral ecology includes taking time to recover a serene harmony with creation, reflecting on our lifestyle and our ideals, and contemplating the Creator who lives among us and surrounds us. #LaudatoSi5” @Pontifex 24 May 2020
• “Knowledge of the Lord is handed down from generation to generation mainly by telling the story of how He continues to make Himself present. The God of life communicates with us through the story of life. #WorldCommunicationsDay2020 Message” @Pontifex 24 May 2020
• “The Feast of the #Ascension tells us that Jesus ascended to Heaven to dwell gloriously at the right hand of the Father and remains always among us. This is the source of our strength, perseverance and joy.” @Pontifex 24 May 2020
• “Let us entrust our brother and sister Catholics in China to the guidance and protection of our Heavenly Mother, so that they might be strong in faith and steadfast in fraternal union, joyful witnesses, and promoters of charity and hope.” @Pontifex 24 May 2020
• “我们把在中国的弟兄姊妹託付于我们天上的母亲引领及庇佑，愿他们信德坚毅，巩固友爱团结，喜乐地见证并促进爱德与望德。” @Pontifex 24 May 2020
• “我們把在中國的弟兄姊妹託付於我們天上的母親引領及庇佑，願他們信德堅毅，鞏固友愛團結，喜樂地見證並促進愛德與望德。” @Pontifex 24 May 2020
• “Let us entrust to Mary Help of Christians all in this difficult time who work for peace, for dialogue between nations, for service to the poor, for the care of creation, and for the victory of humanity over every disease of body, heart and soul.” @Pontifex 24 May 2020
• “God of love, show us our place in this world as channels of your love for all the creatures of this earth, for not one of them is forgotten in your sight. Praise be to you! #LaudatoSi5” @Pontifex 24 May 2020
• “Today marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of Saint John Paul II’s Encyclical Letter Ut Unum Sint. On this anniversary, I give thanks to the Lord for the journey he has allowed us to travel as Christians in quest of full communion. Message” @Pontifex 25 May 2020
• “Jesus bore our humanity and brought it beyond death to a new place, to Heaven, so that there where He is, we might also be.” @Pontifex 25 May 2020
• “The Holy Spirit transforms us into a Church-womb of mercy, that is, into a “mother with a heart open” to all.” @Pontifex 26 May 2020
• “#PrayTogether ” @Pontifex 26 May 2020
• “#Prayer liberates us from our instinct toward violence. It is a gaze directed toward God, so that He might take care of the human heart. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex 27 May 2020
• “The Holy Spirit, when we invite Him into our wounds, anoints our painful memories with the balm of hope, because the Spirit restores hope.” @Pontifex 28 May 2020

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This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 3 April 2020 to 13 May 2020.

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

Daily Homilies (fervorinos)

• 3 April 2020 – Our Lady of Sorrows: disciple and mother
• 4 April 2020 – The process of temptation
• 26 April 2020 – Jesus is our pilgrim companion
• 29 April 2020 – The tangibility and simplicity of the small
• 30 April 2020 – Without witness and prayer, apostolic preaching is not possible

General Audiences

• 6 May 2020

Messages

• 12 May 2020 – Message of His Holiness Pope Francis to mark International Nurses Day

Regina Caeli

• 3 May 2020

Papal Tweets

• “I would like to ask the Lord to bless artists, who make us understand what beauty is. The Gospel cannot be understood without beauty. Let us #PrayTogether once more for artists.” @Pontifex 7 May 2020
• “To be Christian is to belong to a people freely chosen by God, and to remember those who have preceded us on the journey to salvation. Let us ask the Lord for the awareness of belonging to the people of God which, in its totality, has the sense of the faith. #HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 7 May 2020
• “In the midst of isolation when we are suffering from a lack of tenderness and chances to meet up, and we experience the loss of so many things, let us once again listen to the proclamation that saves us: Christ is risen and is living by our side.” @Pontifex 7 May 2020
• “Today is World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day. Let us #PrayTogether for those people who work in these noteworthy institutions. May the Lord bless their work which does so much good.” @Pontifex 8 May 2020
• “How does the Lord console? By drawing near, while speaking little. Through truth: He neither speaks formalities nor deceives. Through hope: ”Do not let your hearts be troubled“. The Lord’s consolation is near, true, and opens to us the doors of hope. #HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 8 May 2020
• “Today at the Shrine of Our Lady of Pompei, the faithful lift up an intense prayer of Supplication to #OurLadyOfTheRosary. Let us #PrayTogether so that, through the intercession of the Holy Virgin, the Lord might grant mercy and peace on the Church and the entire world.” @Pontifex 8 May 2020
• “Today is the commemoration of Saint Luisa de Marillac. Let us #PrayTogether for the Vincentian sisters who have worked here at Santa Marta for nearly 100 years, while running the clinic.” @Pontifex 9 May 2020
• “The Church strives forward between the consolation of God and the persecution of the world. The Holy Spirit creates harmony within the Church. The evil spirit destroys. Let us place our trust not in temporal power, but in Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. #HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 9 May 2020
• “On the 70th anniversary of the Schuman Declaration, I hope that it will continue to inspire those with responsibilities in the European Union. They are called to face the social and economic consequences of the pandemic in a spirit of harmony and cooperation. #EuropeDay2020” @Pontifex 9 May 2020
• “It takes courage to pray. To pray is to go with Jesus to the Father who will give us everything. The Church progresses with this courageous prayer, because the Holy Spirit teaches us that we do very little, but it is God who ”does things“ in the Church. #HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 10 May 2020
• “In the #GospelOfTheDay (John 14:1–12), Jesus indicates two remedies for being troubled in heart. First: to not depend on ourselves but to have faith in Him. Second: to remember that here we are passing through and that Jesus has reserved us a place in Heaven. #ReginaCaeli” @Pontifex 10 May 2020
• “Today, many countries are celebrating #MothersDay. I wish to remember all mothers with gratitude and affection, entrusting them to the protection of Mary, our heavenly Mother. Let us also remember those mothers who accompany us from Heaven.” @Pontifex 10 May 2020
• “Many people have recently lost their jobs. Let us #PrayTogether for our brothers and sisters who are suffering for lack of employment.” @Pontifex 11 May 2020
• “What does the Holy Spirit do in us? He reminds us of everything Jesus said. He teaches us to understand it better,to grow in our understanding of the faith. He accompanies and supports us in discernment. He enlightens us in life’s decisions,both great and small. #HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 11 May 2020
• “I would like to remind you that on 14 May, believers of every religion are invited to unite themselves spiritually in a day of prayer, fasting and works of charity, to implore God to help humanity overcome the coronavirus #pandemic. #HumanFraternity #PrayTogether” @Pontifex 11 May 2020
• “The peace the world gives isolates us from others. It lulls us to sleep, and is temporary and sterile. The peace the Lord gives is lasting, fruitful, contagious. It makes us go out to create community. It is filled with hope because it looks toward Heaven. #HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 12 May 2020
• “Today is International Nurses Day. Nursing is more than a profession – it’s a vocation, a dedication. During this pandemic, they have given an example of heroism. Some have even given their lives. Let us #PrayTogether for nurses. Message” @Pontifex 12 May 2020
• ““Remain in me and I in you” (Jn 15:4). This “remaining” is not passive but active. It is a mutual remaining. “I am the vine, you are the branches” (Jn 15:5). We branches need the lymph, and the vine needs the fruit of our witness. #HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 13 May 2020
• “Mother of the Lord, Virgin Mary, Queen of the Rosary, show us the power of your protective mantle. From your arms come the hope and peace of which we are sorely in need. #OurLadyOfFatima” @Pontifex 13 May 2020
• “Prayer belongs to everyone: to men and women of every religion, and probably even to those who profess no religion. Prayer is born within the secrecy of our being, in that interior place that spiritual writers often call the “heart”. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex 13 May 2020

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This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 31 March 2020 to 6 May 2020.

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

Daily Homilies (fervorinos)

• 31 March 2020 – Look at the crucifix in the light of redemption
• 1 April 2020 – Remain in the Lord (1st April 2020)
• 2 April 2020 – The three dimensions of Christian life: election, promise, covenant
• 6 April 2020 – Seek Jesus in the poor
• 7 April 2020 – Persevering in service

Papal Tweets

• ““Work” is the word the Bible uses to describe God’s creative activity: “God completed the work He had been doing” (Gen 2:2). God entrusted this task to mankind: Work is the human vocation. #HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 1 May 2020
• “Let us rediscover the beauty of praying the #Rosary at home during May! At the end of each Rosary, we can recite a prayer asking for Mary’s intercession, that the Lord might free us from this pandemic and life might serenely resume its normal course. Letter ” @Pontifex 1 May 2020
• “Let us #PrayTogether for government leaders who are responsible for taking care of their people. May the Lord grant them strength and teach them that they need to show great unity in moments of crisis for the good of the people, because unity is superior to conflict.” @Pontifex 2 May 2020]
• “A crisis is the moment to make a choice. This pandemic is a time of social crisis. How should we react? With perseverance, silence, and fidelity to God and decisions made earlier. A moment of crisis is like passing through fire to become stronger. #HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 2 May 2020
• “Let us turn this time of #pandemic into a test case to prepare for our collective future. Without an all-embracing vision, there will be no future for anyone.” @Pontifex 2 May 2020
• “Good Shepherd Sunday is a beautiful Sunday, one of peace, meekness, and tenderness because our Shepherd cares for us. ”The Lord is my Shepherd, there is nothing I shall want“ (Ps 23). #HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 3 May 2020
• “Let us #PrayTogether for the many pastors who give their lives for the faithful.I think often of priests,as well as other pastors who care for the good of the people: doctors. May the example of these shepherds,priests and doctors help us care for the holy,faithful people of God.” @Pontifex 3 May 2020
• “Let us #PrayTogether today for #vocations, asking the Lord for the gift of good workers for His Kingdom, whose hearts and hands are open to His love. [Message(]http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/vocations/documents/papa-francesco_20200308_57-messaggio-giornata-mondiale-vocazioni.html)” @Pontifex 3 May 2020
• “During the current crisis, we need good, free journalism that serves all people, especially those who do not have a voice: journalism that is dedicated to the search for truth and which opens paths toward communion and peace. #WPFD2020” @Pontifex 3 May 2020
• “During the quarantine, families try to do a lot of new things. There’s so much creativity to keep going. But sometimes there’s also domestic violence. Let us #PrayTogether for families, that they might persevere in peace, with creativity and patience during the quarantine.” @Pontifex 4 May 2020
• “Some ideas cause division to the point that the idea is more important than the Holy Spirit who guides us. May the Lord free us from divisions, and help us understand this great mystery of Jesus: He is everyone’s Shepherd, in Him we are all brothers and sisters. #HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 4 May 2020
• “I welcome the proposal of the Higher Committee for #HumanFraternity that believers of all religions should unite spiritually on 14 May for a day of prayer and fasting, to implore God to help humanity overcome the #coronavirus. #PrayTogether” @Pontifex 4 May 2020
• “Today we pray for the deceased who have died because of the pandemic. They have died alone, without the caresses of their loved ones. So many did not even have a funeral. May the Lord receive them into His glory. #PrayTogether” @Pontifex 5 May 2020
• “There are certain attitudes that do not allow us to progress in knowledge of the Lord: wealth, apathy, rigidity, clericalism, worldliness… Freedom is lacking, and we cannot follow Jesus without that freedom. #HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 5 May 2020
• “Video” @Pontifex 5 May 2020
• “Let us #PrayTogether for men and women who work in the media. They have risked much and worked tirelessly during this pandemic. May the Lord help them always in their task to transmit the truth. Santa Marta Mass” @Pontifex 6 May 2020
• “It is not easy to live in the light. The light makes us see many ugly things within us: vices, pride, the worldly spirit. But Jesus tells us: ”Take courage; let yourself be enlightened, because I save you“. Let us not be afraid of Jesus’s light! #HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 6 May 2020
• “#Prayer is the breath of faith. It is like a cry that comes forth from the heart of the believer and is entrusted to God. Faith is having two raised hands and a voice that cries out to implore the gift of salvation. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex 6 May 2020

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If parking lot Masses come to my diocese I will need to be prepared. So thinking ahead to how to make it the best experience.

So how do you follow the general rubrics in a car. First off I guess I will have to buy a lowrider to stand and kneel.

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This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 20 April 2020 to 30 April 2020.

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

Daily Homilies (fervorinos)

• 20 April 2020 – To be born from the Spirit
• 21 April 2020 – The Holy Spirit: Master of Harmony
• 22 April 2020 – Let the light of God enter in us so we do not become like bats in the darkness
• 23 April 2020 – Jesus prays for us before the Father, showing His wounds
• 24 April 2020 – Christ forms the pastor’s heart in closeness to the people of God
• 25 April 2020 – Faith must be transmitted, it must be offered, above all by witness
• 27 April 2020 – Always return to the first encounter
• 28 April 2020 – The small everyday lynching of gossip

General Audiences

• 29 April 2020

Letters

• 21 April 2020 – Greeting of the Holy Father to the world of street newspapers
• 25 April 2020 – Letter of the Holy Father to the faithful for the month of May

Prayers

• 25 April 2020 – Prayer of the Holy Father to Mary for the month of May

Regina Caeli

• 26 April 2020

Papal Tweets

• “We pray today for teachers who have to work so hard to take lessons via the internet and other media channels, and we also pray for students who have to take exams in a way they are not used to. Let us accompany them with prayer. Santa Marta Mass – YouTube” @Pontifex 24 April 2020
• “Jesus formed the hearts of the Apostles to serve the people.He taught them the pastoral attitude of being near the people of God.Pastoral ministry is not accomplished with structures, but with the heart of a shepherd.Let us #PrayTogether for the Church’s pastors.#HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 24 April 2020
• “As we look ahead to a slow and arduous recovery from the pandemic, the risk is that an even worse virus may strike us: that of a selfish indifference that forgets those who are left behind.” @Pontifex 24 April 2020
• “Let us #PrayTogether for those who provide funeral services. What they do is so painful, so sad, and they are touched deeply by the pain of this pandemic. Let us pray for them.” @Pontifex 25 April 2020
• “Today the Church celebrates the Feast of St Mark, one of the four Evangelists, the first to write a Gospel. It has a very simple style. If you have time today, read it. The simplicity with which he recounts the Lord’s life makes for an enjoyable read.” @Pontifex 25 April 2020
• “The #GospelOfTheDay contains the Lord’s final greeting: ”Go into the whole world and proclaim the Gospel“ (Mk 16:15). Faith always carries us out of ourselves. The faith needs to be transmitted and offered above all with witness. Go out so that people might see how you live.” @Pontifex 25 April 2020
• “Dear brothers and sisters, I offer you the texts of two prayers to Our Lady which you can recite at the end of the #Rosary. I too will recite them during the month of May, uniting myself spiritually to you. #PrayTogether Vatican Holy Rosary Links” @Pontifex 25 April 2020
• “Contemplating together the face of Christ with the heart of Mary,as we pray the #Rosary, will make us more united as a spiritual family and will help us to overcome this trial. I will pray for you, especially for those who are suffering the most. Please, pray for me.#PrayTogether” @Pontifex 25 April 2020
• “While we are combating #coronavirus, we must continue the effort to prevent and cure #malaria which threatens millions of persons in many countries. I am near to all who are sick, to those who care for them.” @Pontifex 25 April 2020
• “Let us #PrayTogether for all those who are suffering from sadness, because they are alone, do not know what future awaits them, or cannot take care of their family because they have no job. Let us pray for them today. Santa Marta Mass – YouTube” @Pontifex 26 April 2020
• “What patience the Lord has with each of us! He respects our situation, walks at our side as He did with the disciples of Emmaus, and listens to our dissatisfactions. He respects us. He enjoys listening to how we speak so as to understand us well and give us the correct response.” @Pontifex 26 April 2020
• “The #GospelOfTheDay (Lk 24:13–35) teaches us that two opposite directions are set before us in life: The path of those who let themselves be paralysed by disappointments and trudge along sadly. Then there is the path of those who put Jesus and others before their own problems.” @Pontifex 26 April 2020
• “Let us #PrayTogether for artists, who have a great capacity for creativity and show us the path forward through beauty. May the Lord grant each of us the grace of creativity in this moment.” @Pontifex 27 April 2020
• “At times in life we distance ourselves from the Lord and lose the freshness of the first call. Let us ask for the grace to always go back to that first encounter, in which He looked at us, spoke to us, and placed in us the desire to follow Him. #HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 27 April 2020
• “At this time, as indications emerge for a way out of quarantine, we pray that the Lord will grant us the grace of prudence and obedience to these indications, so that the pandemic does not return. #PrayTogether” @Pontifex 28 April 2020
• “Many times we make comments that set off a small daily lynching. May the Lord help us to be righteous in our judgments and not to begin or follow gossip that provokes an undeserved condemnation. #HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 28 April 2020
• “Easter brings us this message: the message of rebirth. We can be reborn with the same strength that raised up the Lord: with the strength of God.” @Pontifex 28 April 2020
• “On the feast of St. Catherine of Siena, Doctor of the Church and Patroness of Europe, let us #PrayTogether for the unity of the European Union, so that we might all move ahead together as brothers and sisters.” @Pontifex 29 April 2020
• “When confessing our sins we must not be abstract, but simple and concrete like children: ”I am a sinner because of this, this and this.“ This leads me to feel ashamed. Being concrete makes me serious rather than vaguely feel a sense of being a sinner. #HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 29 April 2020
• “Being poor in spirit, mourning, meekness, thirsting for holiness, showing mercy, purity of heart, and being a peacemaker can lead to persecution for Christ’s sake. But in the end, this persecution is a cause for joy and great reward in heaven. #Beatitudes” @Pontifex 29 April 2020
• “Let us #PrayTogether today for those who have died because of the pandemic, and in a special way for the ”anonymous“ dead.” @Pontifex 30 April 2020
• “Our witness opens the way for others. Our prayer opens the door to the Father’s heart. Let us ask the Lord that we might live our work with witness and prayer, so that the Father might draw people to Jesus. #HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 30 April 2020
• “Christianity is not only a doctrine, a way of behaving, a culture. Yes, it is also these things. But the core of Christianity is an encounter: the encounter with Jesus. A Christian is a person who has encountered Jesus Christ, and was open to that encounter.” @Pontifex 30 April 2020

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This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 21 March 2020 to 23 April 2020.

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

Daily Homilies (fervorinos)

• 21 March 2020 – With a “naked heart”
• 22 March 2020 – What happens when Jesus passes
• 23 March 2020 – We must pray with faith, perseverance, and courage
• 24 March 2020 – The disease of sloth and the water that regenerates us
• 25 March 2020 – Faced with mystery
• 26 March 2020 – Knowing our idols
• 27 March 2020 – The courage to keep silent
• 28 March 2020 – The people of God follow Jesus and do not tire
• 29 March 2020 – The Sunday of weeping
• 30 March 2020 – Trust in God’s mercy

General Audiences

• 15 April 2020
• 22 April 2020

Homilies

• 19 April 2020 – Holy Mass on the Second Sunday of Easter, liturgical feast of Divine Mercy

Regina Caeli

• 13 April 2020

Papal Tweets

• “Let us #PrayTogether for pharmacists. They are working hard, together with doctors and nurses, to help the sick get better. Santa Marta Mass – YouTube” @Pontifex 16 April 2020
• “The #GospelOfTheDay (Lk 24:35–48) is one of my favorites: ”Their joy kept them from believing“ (v. 41). To be filled with joy: It is not merely being happy, positive, but is something else. It is to be filled with consolation, filled with the Lord’s presence. #HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 16 April 2020
• “The joy of the Lord is your strength (Neh 8:10). The joy of the Lord is the great strength we possess which drives us to continue being witnesses of life. Today let us ask for the grace of this joy, which is a fruit of the Holy Spirit. #HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 16 April 2020
• “Let us #PrayTogether for expectant women who will become mothers and who ask themselves: ”What type of world will my child live in?“. May the Lord give them the courage and confidence that it will certainly be a different world, but also one which the Lord will love tremendously.” @Pontifex 17 April 2020
• “The disciples had progressed in familiarity with the Lord. May the Lord also teach us this familiarity with Him, which is personal, but always communitarian: a familiarity in everyday life, in the sacraments, in the midst of the people of God. #HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 17 April 2020
• “We remember the difficult task entrusted to healthcare providers, nurses and doctors, in caring for persons with disabilities who have come down with Covid–19. Let us #PrayTogether for persons with disabilities and those who assist them.” @Pontifex 18 April 2020
• “Where does the Apostles’ courage come from? It is a gift of the Holy Spirit. Boldness – courage – is a gift that the Lord gives on the day of Pentecost. The Christian mission is born from this gift of the Holy Spirit. #HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 18 April 2020
• “Today the simple and disarming love of Jesus revives the heart of Thomas (Jn 20,19–31). Like the apostle Thomas, let us accept mercy, the salvation of the world. And let us show mercy to those who are most vulnerable; for only in this way will we build a new world.” @Pontifex 19 April 2020
• “The faithful and patient mercy of God never tires of reaching out to lift us up when we fall. He wants us to see him, not as a taskmaster with whom we have to settle accounts, but as our Father who always raises us up. #DivineMercySunday” @Pontifex 19 April 2020
• “The Lord waits for us to offer him our failings so that he can help us experience his mercy. #DivineMercySunday Homily” @Pontifex 19 April 2020
• “Let us #PrayTogether for the men and women who have a vocation to political life, which is a high form of charity. We pray for political parties in various nations, so that in this pandemic they might together seek the good of the country and not the good of their own party.” @Pontifex 20 April 2020
• “To be Christian is not only to fulfill the Commandments, but ”to be born again“ and allow the Spirit to enter in us and carry us wherever He wants. This is the freedom of the Spirit. May the Lord help us always to be docile to the Spirit. #HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 20 April 2020
• “The Christian response to the storms of life and history can only be mercy: compassionate love among us and toward everyone, especially toward those who suffer, who have more difficulties, and are abandoned.” @Pontifex 20 April 2020
• “There’s a lot of silence at this moment. May this silence, which is a bit new to what we are accustomed, teach us how to listen. Let us #PrayTogether that we might grow in our ability to listen. Santa Marta Mass – YouTube” @Pontifex 21 April 2020
• “Many things can divide communities: money, vanity, gossip. But the Spirit comes to save us from divisions. The Holy Spirit is the Master of harmony. He creates harmony in the community, because He Himself is harmony, the harmony between the Father and the Son. #HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 21 April 2020
• “In the time of trial that we are presently undergoing, we experience our frailty. We need the Lord, who sees an irrepressible beauty beyond that frailty. With Him we rediscover how precious we are, even in our vulnerability.” @Pontifex 21 April 2020
• “At this moment in which unity among us is very necessary, let us pray for Europe, so that it might succeed in creating the fraternal unity which the founding fathers drempt of for the European Community. #PrayTogether Santa Marta Mass – YouTube” @Pontifex 22 April 2020
• “When we are in a state of sin, we are like ”human bats“ who can move about only at night. We find it easier to live in darkness because the light reveals to us what we do not want to see. But then our eyes grow accustomed to darkness and we no longer recognize the light.” @Pontifex 22 April 2020
• “Let us allow the love of God – who sent His Son Jesus – to enter into us, and help us see with the light of the Spirit. Let us ask ourselves: Do I walk in the light or in darkness? Am I a child of God? Or have I ended up like a poor ”bat“? #HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 22 April 2020
• “Earth Day is an occasion to renew our commitment to love our common home, which is not a warehouse to exploit. Let us care for it and for the weakest members of our human family. #EarthDay50 Audience” @Pontifex 22 April 2020
• “There are families in need who cannot work and have nothing to eat. Then along come usurers to take what little they have. Let us #PrayTogether for these families’ dignity. And let us pray also for the usurers, that the Lord might touch their hearts and convert them.” @Pontifex 23 April 2020
• “Peter’s secret weapon is Jesus’s prayer. Jesus prays for Peter that his faith might not fail. What He did with Peter He does for all of us. Jesus prays for us before the Father, showing His wounds, the price of our salvation. #HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 23 April 2020
• “The pandemic reminds us there are no differences or borders between those who suffer. We are all frail, all equal, all precious. May we be profoundly shaken: Now is the time to eliminate inequalities and heal the injustice undermining the health of the entire human family!” @Pontifex 23 April 2020

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