{"id":17578,"date":"2022-12-27T18:52:19","date_gmt":"2022-12-27T23:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/?p=17578"},"modified":"2022-12-27T18:52:20","modified_gmt":"2022-12-27T23:52:20","slug":"the-weekly-francis-volume-443","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2022\/12\/the-weekly-francis-volume-443\/","title":{"rendered":"The Weekly Francis &#8211; Volume 443"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<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>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Weekly Francis is a compilation of the Holy Father\u2019s writings, speeches, etc., which I also cross-post on <a href=\"http:\/\/jimmyakin.com\/category\/popefrancis\">Jimmy Akin\u2019s blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week, from 24 December 2022 to 27 December 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Angelus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/angelus\/2022\/documents\/20221226-angelus.html\">26 December 2022 &#8211; Angelus, Feast of St. Stephen Protomartyr<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Homilies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/homilies\/2022\/documents\/20221224-omelia-natale.html\">24 December 2022 &#8211; Holy Mass on the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Messages<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/messages\/urbi\/documents\/20221225-urbi-et-orbi-natale.html\">25 December 2022 &#8211; \u2018Urbi et Orbi\u2019 &#8211; Christmas 2022<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Papal Tweets<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201cAnd if we truly want to celebrate #Christmas, let us rediscover awe before a God who becomes little, who is not born in splendour, but in the poverty of a stable. To meet Him, we must go where He is. We must lower ourselves, make ourselves little.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1606628254328029185\">@Pontifex, 24 December 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cTonight, God draws near to you because you are important to him. From the manger, as food for your life, He tells you: \u201cIf you feel consumed by events, if you are devoured by a sense of guilt and inadequacy, if you hunger for justice, I am with you. #Christmas\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1606756605768466434\">@Pontifex, 24 December 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cJesus asks us to go to the bare reality of things, to lay down all our excuses, our justifications and our hypocrisies at the feet of the manger. He whom Mary tenderly wrapped in swaddling wants us to be clothed in love. #Christmas\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1606764150054473728\">@Pontifex, 24 December 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cIn Jesus, God makes us His children and nourishes us with His tenderness. He comes to touch our hearts and to tell us that love is the only force that changes the course of history. #Christmas https:\/\/t.co\/sylnCelAaf <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/events\/event.dir.html\/content\/vaticanevents\/en\/2022\/12\/24\/messa-natale.html\">Event<\/a>\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1606771699856424960\">@Pontifex, 24 December 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cBethlehem shows us God\u2019s simplicity, who reveals himself to those with pure and open hearts. Let\u2019s allow ourselves to be moved by God\u2019s love who became man for our salvation. Let\u2019s follow Jesus who stripped himself of his glory so we could share in his fullness. Merry Christmas!\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1606983221178253313\">@Pontifex, 25 December 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cIf we want it to be #Christmas, the Birth of Jesus and of peace, let us look at the face of the Child who is born for us! And in that small, innocent face, let us recognize the faces of all those children who long for #peace in every part of the world. sijXbyhS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/events\/event.dir.html\/content\/vaticanevents\/en\/2022\/12\/25\/urbi-et-orbi.html\">Event<\/a>\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1606979443842588673\">@Pontifex, 25 December 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cLet us see the faces of our brothers and sisters in #Ukraine who are experiencing this #Christmas in the dark and cold, far from their own homes, because of the war. May the Lord enlighten the minds of those who have the power to put an immediate end to this senseless war!\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1606980576057196546\">@Pontifex, 25 December 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cIn these times people are living through conflicts in Syria, the Holy Land, Lebanon, the Sahel, Yemen\u2026 May the Lord lead these regions toward #peace and bring reconciliation to the American continent, to Myanmar and to Iran so that all bloodshed might cease.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1606981834159570945\">@Pontifex, 25 December 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cToday as then, Jesus comes into a world that does not welcome him (cf. Jn 1:11), that rather rejects or ignores him, as we do so often with foreigners and with the poor. Let\u2019s not forget the refugees, the marginalized, people who are alone, orphans and the elderly, prisoners.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1606984351262117888\">@Pontifex, 25 December 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cLet us ask the newborn Jesus for the newness of a heart capable of forgiveness: the strength to pray for those who have hurt us and to take steps of openness and reconciliation. #Christmas\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1607337933316431873\">@Pontifex, 26 December 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cI reiterate my wish for #peace: peace in families, peace in parish and religious communities, peace in movements and associations, peace for those peoples tormented by war, peace for the dear and embattled Ukraine.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1607360585976483841\">@Pontifex, 26 December 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201c#Prayer is the best way to say thank you to Jesus who wants to enter into our homes and into our hearts. #Christmas\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1607715419002994689\">@Pontifex, 27 December 2022<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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>The Weekly Francis is a compilation of the Holy Father\u2019s writings, speeches, etc., which I also cross-post on Jimmy Akin\u2019s blog. 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