{"id":16619,"date":"2020-03-18T20:44:28","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T00:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/?p=16619"},"modified":"2020-03-18T20:44:30","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T00:44:30","slug":"the-weekly-francis-volume-308-18-march-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2020\/03\/the-weekly-francis-volume-308-18-march-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"The Weekly Francis &#8211; Volume 308 &#8211; 18 March 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/pope-francis2-300x187.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" src=\"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/pope-francis2-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"pope-francis2-300x187\" class=\"wp-image-14281\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 8 March 2020 to 18 March 2020.<\/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\/2020\/documents\/papa-francesco_angelus_20200308.html\">8 March 2020<\/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\/2020\/documents\/papa-francesco_20200311_udienza-generale.html\">11 March 2020<\/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\/pont-messages\/2020\/documents\/papa-francesco_20200311_videomessaggio-madonna-divinoamore.html\">11 March 2020 &#8211; Video Message of the Holy Father Francis on the occasion of the Day of Prayer and Fasting<\/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_20200311_madonna-divinoamore.html\">11 March 2020 &#8211; Video Message of the Holy Father Francis on the occasion of the Day of Prayer and Fasting<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Papal Tweets<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201cWe are called to rediscover what truly matters, what we really need, what helps us to live well and, at the same time, to identify what is secondary and that which we can easily do without. #GeneralAudience #Beatitudes\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1237717408753704963\">@Pontifex 11 March 2020<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cWe seek refuge under your protection, O Holy Mother of God. Do not despise our pleas \u2013 we who are put to the test \u2013 and deliver us from every danger, O glorious and blessed Virgin. \u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1237811820410417153\">@Pontifex 11 March 2020<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cWe ask the Lord today for the grace of not falling into indifference, the grace that all the information we have about human suffering might penetrate our hearts and move us to do something for others. #HomilySantaMarta <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1Vl1cCkyRio\">Holy Mass at Casa Santa Marta 2020.03.12 &#8211; YouTube<\/a>\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1238046994750476288\">@Pontifex 12 March 2020<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cI would like to pray today for pastors who need to accompany the people of God during this crisis. May the Lord grant them the strength and the ability to choose the best ways to help. <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/fjj30U4ezEA\">Holy Mass at Casa Santa Marta 2020.03.13 &#8211; YouTube<\/a>\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1238079796556582912\">@Pontifex 12 March 2020<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cToday let us ask the Lord for the grace to not forget the gratuitous nature of revelation. God manifests Himself as a gift, He made a gift of Himself for us, and we must give it, helping others see it as a gift, not as our possession. #SantaMarta\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1238442184027901952\">@Pontifex 13 March 2020<\/a><\/li><li>\u201c#Prayer is an expression of our need to respond to God\u2019s love, which always precedes and sustains us. Christians pray in the knowledge that, although unworthy, we are still loved.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1238464832967454720\">@Pontifex 13 March 2020<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cWe pray today for families who need to manage a difficult situation, especially those families with a disabled person among them. Let us pray they do not lose their peace in this moment and that they succeed in moving forward with strength and joy. <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/IeVHQLNkjnA\">Holy Mass at Casa Santa Marta 2020.03.14 &#8211; YouTube<\/a>\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1238808035340025862\">@Pontifex 14 March 2020<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cThrough the parable of the Prodigal Son (Lk 15:1\u201332) the Lord helps us understand the problem: living at home but not feeling at home, because there\u2019s no paternal or fraternal relationship. #HomilySantaMarta\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1238819670800642048\">@Pontifex 14 March 2020<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cEven before we set out to seek Him, we know that the Lord is seeking us and comes to meet and call us. We set out joyfully, for we know He is waiting for us! #Lent\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1238842322546196490\">@Pontifex 14 March 2020<\/a><\/li><li>\u201c#PrayTogether today for those who are working to guarantee public services: those working in pharmacies, supermarkets, transportation, police officers, and for all those working to allow social and civil life to go ahead.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1239139865272496128\">@Pontifex 15 March 2020<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cThe #GospelOfTheDay (Jn 4:5\u201342) tells us about Jesus\u2019 encounter with a woman, with a sinner who had the courage to tell Him the truth. May the Lord grant us the grace of praying always in truth. #HomilySantaMarta\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1239151860075773953\">@Pontifex 15 March 2020<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cLet us ask for the grace to cultivate a desire for Christ, source of living water, the only one who can satisfy the thirst for life and love which we bear in our hearts. #Angelus\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1239166960040120321\">@Pontifex 15 March 2020<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cMay the Lord help families discover new expressions of love in this situation. It\u2019s a beautiful opportunity to creatively rediscover affection in the family. #PrayTogether that relationships within the family might flourish always for the good. <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vXrbQU9DCrY\">Holy Mass at Casa Santa Marta 2020.03.16 &#8211; YouTube<\/a>\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1239509811194212359\">@Pontifex 16 March 2020<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cGod always acts through the simple things: the simplicity of everyday work, the simplicity of prayer. But the worldly spirit moves us toward vanity, toward appearances that end in violence. #HomilySantaMarta <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/en\/pope-francis\/mass-casa-santa-marta\/2020-03\/pope-naaman-nazareth-indignation-homily-luke-kings.html\">Pope Francis at Mass: May families find new ways of showing love &#8211; Vatican News<\/a>\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1239518021984665602\">@Pontifex 16 March 2020<\/a><\/li><li>\u201c\u201cRepent\u201d, in other words, \u201cChange your life\u201d (Mt 4:17), for a new way of living has begun. The time when you lived for yourself is over; now is the time for living with and for God, with and for others, with and for love. #Lent\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1239529348375470090\">@Pontifex 16 March 2020<\/a><\/li><li>\u201c#PrayTogether for the elderly who are suffering in a particular way at this moment from great interior solitude, many times with a lot of fear. They gave us wisdom, life, our story\u2026 May we be near them with our prayer. <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vDmX5LrZ2KE\">Holy Mass at Casa Santa Marta 2020.03.17 &#8211; YouTube<\/a>\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1239861641283592194\">@Pontifex 17 March 2020<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cThe parable Jesus tells us (Mt 18:23\u201335) is very clear: asking forgiveness means forgiving. Both go together and cannot be separated. Forgiving is a condition for going to heaven. #HomilySantaMarta <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/en\/pope-francis\/mass-casa-santa-marta\/2020-03\/pope-homily-elderly-forgive-reconciliation-unity.html\">Pope at Mass prays for the elderly &#8211; Vatican News<\/a>\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1239872489381036033\">@Pontifex 17 March 2020<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cLet us allow ourselves to be loved by God, so that we can give love in return. Let us allow ourselves to stand up and walk towards Easter. #Lent\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1239891736547246081\">@Pontifex 17 March 2020<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cOur God is near and asks us to be near to one another. Perhaps right now we cannot draw near physically to others for fear of contagion, but we can reawaken in ourselves a habit of drawing near to others through prayer and mutual help. #HomilySantaMarta\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1240237845475926017\">@Pontifex 18 March 2020<\/a><\/li><li>\u201c#PrayTogether for the deceased, those who have died because of the virus. Let us pray especially for healthcare providers who have given their life in service of the sick. <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/jywCo5exOCw\">Holy Mass at Casa Santa Marta 2020.03.18 &#8211; YouTube<\/a>\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1240233839244578816\">@Pontifex 18 March 2020<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cGod\u2019s mercy is our liberation and our happiness. We need to forgive, because we ourselves need to be forgiven. #GeneralAudience #Beatitudes\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1240254123053703169\">@Pontifex 18 March 2020<\/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 8 March 2020 to 18 March 2020. 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