{"id":16340,"date":"2018-12-27T12:30:21","date_gmt":"2018-12-27T17:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/?p=16340"},"modified":"2018-12-27T12:30:22","modified_gmt":"2018-12-27T17:30:22","slug":"the-weekly-francis-volume-255-27-december-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2018\/12\/the-weekly-francis-volume-255-27-december-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"The Weekly Francis &#8211; Volume 255 &#8211; 27 December 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 6 December 2018 to 27 December 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Weekly Francis is a compilation of the Holy Father\u2019s writings, speeches, etc which I also post at <a href=\"http:\/\/jimmyakin.com\/category\/popefrancis\">Jimmy Akin\u2019s blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Angelus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/angelus\/2018\/documents\/papa-francesco_angelus_20181216.html\">16 December 2018<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>General Audiences<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/audiences\/2018\/documents\/papa-francesco_20181219_udienza-generale.html\">19 December 2018<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Homilies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/homilies\/2018\/documents\/papa-francesco_20181212_omelia-guadalupe.html\">12 December 2018 &#8211; Holy Mass on the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/homilies\/2018\/documents\/papa-francesco_20181224_omelia-natale.html\">24 December 2018 &#8211; Holy Mass on the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Messages<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/messages\/urbi\/documents\/papa-francesco_20181225_urbi-et-orbi-natale.html\">25 December 2018 &#8211; \u201cUrbi et Orbi\u201d &#8211; Christmas 2018<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Prayers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/prayers\/documents\/papa-francesco_preghiere_20181208_immacolata.html\">8 December 2018 &#8211; Act of Veneration to the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Spanish Steps<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Speeches<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2018\/december\/documents\/papa-francesco_20181206_padri-mercedari.html\">6 December 2018 &#8211; To the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy (Mercedarians)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2018\/december\/documents\/papa-francesco_20181213_amici-telepace.html\">13 December 2018 &#8211; To Collaborators and Friends of Telepace<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2018\/december\/documents\/papa-francesco_20181216_dispensario-santa-marta.html\">16 December 2018 &#8211; To volunteers, parents and children of \u201cSanta Marta\u201d Pediatric Dispensary<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2018\/december\/documents\/papa-francesco_20181217_commissione-contropena-dimorte.html\">17 December 2018 &#8211; To the Delegation of the International Commission against the Death Penalty<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2018\/december\/documents\/papa-francesco_20181220_azione-cattolica-ragazzi.html\">20 December 2018 &#8211; To Young People of Italian Catholic Action<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2018\/december\/documents\/papa-francesco_20181221_dipendenti-vaticani.html\">21 December 2018 &#8211; Address to the employees of the Holy See and of Vatican City State, with their respective families, for the exchange of Christmas greetings<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2018\/december\/documents\/papa-francesco_20181221_curia-romana.html\">21 December 2018 &#8211; Christmas greetings to the Roman Curia<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Papal Tweets<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201cMay the symbols of the nativity scene and the Christmas tree allow a reflection of God\u2019s light and tenderness to enter into family life. #Christmas\u201d <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"gift\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/abs.twimg.com\/hashflags\/Christmas2018\/Christmas2018.png\" alt=\"Present\" width=\"27\" height=\"27\">  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1076099693518770177\">@Pontifex 21 December 2018<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cLet us entrust ourselves to Our Lady so that she may help us prepare our hearts to welcome Baby Jesus at his birth. #Christmas\u201d <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"gift\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/abs.twimg.com\/hashflags\/Christmas2018\/Christmas2018.png\" alt=\"Present\" width=\"27\" height=\"27\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1076454807391502336\">@Pontifex 22 December 2018<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cThe lights of the Christmas tree remind us that Jesus is the light of the world, the light of our souls that drives away the darkness of hatred and makes room for forgiveness. #Christmas\u201d <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"gift\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/abs.twimg.com\/hashflags\/Christmas2018\/Christmas2018.png\" alt=\"Present\" width=\"27\" height=\"27\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1076817195747880960\">@Pontifex 23 December 2018<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cBy contemplating God, who became a child, radiating light from the humility of the crib, we can also become witnesses to humility, tenderness <g class=\"gr_ gr_101 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear Punctuation only-ins replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"101\" data-gr-id=\"101\">and<\/g> goodness. #Christmas\u201d <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"gift\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/abs.twimg.com\/hashflags\/Christmas2018\/Christmas2018.png\" alt=\"Present\" width=\"27\" height=\"27\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1077330578310074369\">@Pontifex 24 December 2018<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cChrist is born for us! Come, all of you who are seeking the face of God. Here He is, the Child lying in the manger.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1077511772150493186\">@Pontifex 25 December 2018<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cThe Church grows with the blood of the martyrs, men <g class=\"gr_ gr_102 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear Punctuation only-ins replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"102\" data-gr-id=\"102\">and<\/g> women who give their lives for Jesus. Today there are many, even if they do not make the headlines.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1077904363748712448\">@Pontifex 26 December 2018<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cLooking at Jesus we see the face of the God who is Love, and we learn to recognize Him in the faces of our brothers and sisters.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1078266747483049984\">@Pontifex 27 December 2018<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Papal Instagram<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/franciscus\/\">Franciscus<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 6 December 2018 to 27 December 2018. 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