{"id":17681,"date":"2023-04-11T20:25:54","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T00:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/?p=17681"},"modified":"2023-04-11T20:25:55","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T00:25:55","slug":"the-weekly-francis-volume-458","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2023\/04\/the-weekly-francis-volume-458\/","title":{"rendered":"The Weekly Francis &#8211; Volume 458"},"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 5 April 2023 to 11 April 2023.<\/p>\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\/2023\/documents\/20230405-udienza-generale.html\">5 April 2023 &#8211; General Audience &#8211; Catechesis. \u2018The Crucifix, well-spring of hope\u2019<\/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\/2023\/documents\/20230406-omelia-crisma.html\">6 April 2023 &#8211; Holy Chrism Mass<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/homilies\/2023\/documents\/20230406-omelia-coena-domini.html\">6 April 2023 &#8211; Mass of the Lord\u2019s Supper (Prison for Minors \u2018Casal del Marmo\u2019, Rome)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/homilies\/2023\/documents\/20230408-omelia-veglia-pasquale.html\">8 April 2023 &#8211; Easter Vigil in the Holy Night of Easter<\/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\/20230409-urbi-et-orbi-pasqua.html\">9 April 2023 &#8211; \u2018Urbi et Orbi\u2019 &#8211; Easter 2023<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Regina Caeli<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/angelus\/2023\/documents\/20230410-regina-caeli.html\">10 April 2023 &#8211; Regina Caeli, Easter Monday<\/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>\u201cDuring these holy days, let\u2019s draw near the Crucified One. Let\u2019s place ourselves before him, stripped, to take an honest look at ourselves, removing whatever is superfluous. Let\u2019s look at him, wounded, and place our wounds in his. Let\u2019s let Jesus regenerate hope in us. #HolyWeek\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1643576719872278533\">@Pontifex, 5 April 2023<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cWithout the Lord\u2019s Spirit, there can be no Christian life. Without his anointing, there can be no holiness. It is fitting that today, on the birthday of the priesthood, we acknowledge that He is at the origin of the ministry, the life and vitality of every Pastor. #HolyThursday\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1643924005496279041\">@Pontifex, 6 April 2023<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cOn the cross, Jesus refused to yield to despair, but he prayed and entrusted Himself to the Father. In His abandonment, he continued to love and forgive His crucifiers. Jesus, in His abandonment, asks us to see and have a heart for the many \u201dabandoned Christs\u201c.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1644301495444324352\">@Pontifex, 7 April 2023<\/a><\/li><li>\u201c#ViaCrucis #GoodFriday U <a href=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FtI45K2WcBgAWqT.jpg\">Image<\/a>\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1644441163611402248\">@Pontifex, 7 April 2023<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cToday the power of Easter calls you to roll away every stone of disappointment and mistrust. The Lord is an expert in rolling back the stones of sin and fear. He wants to illuminate your sacred memory, your most beautiful memory, to make you relive your first encounter with him.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1644796001201577985\">@Pontifex, 8 April 2023<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cLet us revive the beauty of that moment when we realized that he is alive and we made him the Lord of our lives. Let us return to Galilee. Let each of us return to his or her own Galilee, to the place where we first encountered him. Let us rise to new life!\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1644797259689730048\">@Pontifex, 8 April 2023<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cLet us make haste to surmount our conflicts and divisions, and to open our hearts to those in greatest need. Let us hasten to pursue paths of peace and fraternity.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1645028785245523970\">@Pontifex, 9 April 2023<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cTo rise again, to start anew, to take up the journey, we always need to return to Galilee, that is, to go back to the living, concrete and palpable memory of our first encounter with him.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1644965870530183168\">@Pontifex, 9 April 2023<\/a><\/li><li>\u201c#Easter yeultk <a href=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FtQ-97tWcAAFjBn.jpg\">Image<\/a>\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1645011170955350017\">@Pontifex, 9 April 2023<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cJesus, the Living One, is with us, forever. Let the Church and the world rejoice, for today our hopes no longer come up against the wall of death, for the Lord has built us a bridge to life.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1645026269430677506\">@Pontifex, 9 April 2023<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cMay we allow ourselves to experience amazement at the joyful proclamation of Easter, at the light that illumines the darkness and the gloom in which, all too often, our world finds itself enveloped.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1645027527247769600\">@Pontifex, 9 April 2023<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cThe #GospelOfToday lets us relive the women\u2019s encounter with the Risen Jesus on Easter morning. Jesus meets them while they are going to announce him. This is beautiful: when we proclaim the Lord, the Lord comes to us. #Easter\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1645373560163295232\">@Pontifex, 10 April 2023<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cWhen hope is spent and we feel loneliness in our hearts, inner weariness, the torment of sin, the fear of failure, let us return to Jesus. For He is the only one who always defeats death and always renews our life. #Easter\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1645773696462733312\">@Pontifex, 11 April 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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