{"id":17589,"date":"2023-01-03T20:17:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T01:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/?p=17589"},"modified":"2023-01-03T20:17:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T01:17:00","slug":"the-weekly-francis-volume-444","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2023\/01\/the-weekly-francis-volume-444\/","title":{"rendered":"The Weekly Francis &#8211; Volume 444"},"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 28 December 2022 to 3 January 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apostolic Letter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/apost_letters\/documents\/20221228-totum-amoris-est.html\">28 December 2022 &#8211; Apostolic Letter Totum amoris est of the Holy Father Francis on the Fourth Centenary of the Death of Saint Francis de Sales<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">General Audiences<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/audiences\/2022\/documents\/20221228-udienza-generale.html\">28 December 2022 &#8211; General Audience &#8211; Catechesis. Christmas with Saint Francis de Sales<\/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\/20221231-omelia-te-deum.html\">31 December 2022 &#8211; Celebration of Vespers and Te Deum in Thanksgiving for the past year<\/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>\u201cLet us #PrayTogether for Pope Emeritus Benedict who is supporting the Church in silence. Let us ask the Lord to console him and to sustain him in this witness of love for the Church, until the end.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1608077805769703424\">@Pontifex, 28 December 2022<\/a><\/li><li>&#8220;\u201cEverything pertains to love\u201d is the title of the Apostolic Letter to be published today to commemorate the fourth centenary of the death of Saint Francis de Sales, Doctor of the Church.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/apost_letters\/documents\/20221228-totum-amoris-est.html\">Apostolic Letter<\/a>&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1608062834193141760\">@Pontifex, 28 December 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cThe Love of God that was revealed in Bethlehem brings consolation to our hearts troubled by the drama of the war in #Ukraine and in other parts of the world. Let us remember that the last word in the history of humanity belongs to God because \u201deverything pertains to love\u201c.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1608058931632377859\">@Pontifex, 28 December 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cGod loves us so much that He shares our humanity and our lives. He never leaves us alone either in joy or in sorrow because He is the Emmanuel, the God with us, the light that illuminates the darkness and the tender presence that accompanies us on our journey. #Christmas\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1608440321863475200\">@Pontifex, 29 December 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cThe Baby Jesus, with his Mother Mary, and St Joseph, radiate the light of mercy and salvation for the human family and for individual families. This light encourages us to offer human warmth to those family living through difficult situations. #HolyFamily\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1608802581840625668\">@Pontifex, 30 December 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201c <a href=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FlUlBfkWAAEJN7e.jpg\">Image<\/a>\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1609248185209298946\">@Pontifex, 31 December 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cTo all men and women of good will, I express my desire that, as artisans of #peace, you may work, day by day, to make this a good year! May Mary Immaculate, Mother of Jesus and Queen of Peace, intercede for us and for the whole world.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1609451986629320704\">@Pontifex, 1 January 2023<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cEven when we feel plunged into a dark and difficult maelstrom of injustice and suffering, we are still called to keep our hearts open to hope, trusting in God who accompanies us with tenderness, sustains us, and guides us along our way. #Peace<br>yN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/messages\/peace\/documents\/20221208-messaggio-56giornatamondiale-pace2023.html\">Message<\/a>\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1609459413475106821\">@Pontifex, 1 January 2023<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cThe divine motherhood of Mary reveals God\u2019s utmost respect for our freedom. God could have come into the world in a thousand ways manifesting his power and, instead, willed to be conceived in full freedom in Mary\u2019s womb.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1609466960034648065\">@Pontifex, 1 January 2023<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cLet us pray to our Mother in a special way for her children who are suffering and no longer have the strength to pray, and for our many brothers and sisters throughout the world who are victims of war, passing these holidays immersed in violence and indifference.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1609512384237903879\">@Pontifex, 1 January 2023<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cIn celebrating the World Day of Peace, let us implore Mary Most Holy, the Mother of God, so that in this epoch, polluted by diffidence and indifference, she might make us capable of being compassionate and providing care.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1609519814120296448\">@Pontifex, 1 January 2023<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cAt this time, let us invoke the intercession of Mary Most Holy for Pope emeritus Benedict XVI. Let us all join together, with one heart and one soul, in thanking God for the gift of this faithful servant of the Gospel and of the Church.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1609535038093238275\">@Pontifex, 1 January 2023<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cGod does not love us in word but in deed; not from \u201con high\u201d, from far away, but \u201cup close\u201d, from within our flesh, because in Mary, the Word was made flesh, because in Christ\u2019s chest a heart of flesh continues to beat, it beats for each and every of us!\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1609889745399578625\">@Pontifex, 2 January 2023<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cWhen we have strong feelings of doubt and fear, and we seem to be sinking, we must not be ashamed to cry out like Peter: \u201cLord, save me\u201d (Mt 14:30). This is a beautiful prayer! And Jesus immediately stretches out his hand.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1610252134938714112\">@Pontifex, 3 January 2023<\/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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