This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 7 October 2019 to 26 February 2020.
The Weekly Francis is a compilation of the Holy Father’s writings, speeches, etc which I also post at Jimmy Akin’s blog.
Daily Homilies (fervorinos)
- 7 January 2020 – The spirit of the world leads to corruption
- 9 January 2020 – True peace is sown in the heart
- 10 January 2020 – Those who say they love God, but do not love their brother and sister are liars
- 14 January 2020 – Authority is not in commanding but in consistent witness
- 16 January 2020 – The little prayer that moves God
- 17 January 2020 – Our relationship with God is the essence of life
- 20 January 2020 – Trust in God makes us free
- 21 January 2020 – One cannot buy the gifts of the Lord
- 24 January 2020 – Jealousy leads to war
- 28 January 2020 – Christians without joy are prisoners of formalities (28 gennaio 2020)
- 30 January 2020 – God will judge us with the same measure we have for others
- 31 January 2020 – Worldliness is a slow slide into sin
General Audiences
Homilies
- 23 February 2020 – Visit to Bari: Holy Mass – Meeting of reflection and spirituality: “The Mediterranean, A Frontier of Peace”
- 26 February 2020 – Holy Mass, Blessing and Imposition of the Ashes
Messages
Speeches
- 20 February 2020 – To Participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Educational Institutions)
- 21 February 2020 – To Priests members of a Panorthodox Delegation
- 23 February 2020 – Visit to Bari: Meeting with bishops of the Mediterranean
Papal Tweets
- “The option for the poor and the abandoned motivates us to liberate them from material poverty and to defend their rights, but also to invite them to friendship with the Lord, who loves them and has given them immense dignity. #SocialJusticeDay” @Pontifex 20 February 2020
- “To follow Jesus we must take three steps: draw close to Him to know Him better, confess – with the strength of the Holy Spirit – that He is the Son of God, and accept the path of humility and humiliation that He chose for the redemption of humanity. #HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 20 February 2020
- “We received life not to bury it, but to put it into play; not to keep it, but to give it. Whoever is with Jesus knows that the secret to possessing life is to give it.” @Pontifex 21 February 2020
- “On the feast of the #ChairOfSaintPeter, we give thanks to God for the mission entrusted to the apostle Peter and his successors: to gather His people from among the nations and guide them in charity and truth along the path of salvation.” @Pontifex 22 February 2020
- “This is the work the Lord entrusts for the Mediterranean: to restore broken relationships, to rebuild cities destroyed by violence, to make a garden flourish, to instill hope in who has lost it and to encourage those caught up in themselves not to fear their brothers or sisters.” @Pontifex 23 February 2020
- “If we want to be disciples of Christ, this is the way: loved by God, we are called to love; forgiven, to forgive; saved freely, to seek no profit from the good we do. #Bari2020” @Pontifex 23 February 2020
- “Let us pray to the Lord that he may move hearts and that all may overcome the logic of confrontation, hatred and revenge in order to rediscover themselves as brothers, children of one Father. #Bari2020” @Pontifex 23 February 2020
- ““We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God” (2 Cor 5:20) http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/lent/documents/papa-francesco_20191007_messaggio-quaresima2020.html” @Pontifex 24 February 2020
- “I wish you may all learn to look at life from above, from the perspective of heaven, to see things with God’s eyes, through the prism of the Gospel.” @Pontifex 24 February 2020
- “Worldliness is the enemy of God. There is only one path against the spirit of the world: humility. Serving others, choosing the last place, not climbing the ladder. #HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 25 February 2020
- “This year the Lord grants us, once again, a favourable time to prepare to celebrate with renewed hearts the great mystery of the death and resurrection of Jesus, the cornerstone of Christian life. #Lent http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/lent/documents/papa-francesco_20191007_messaggio-quaresima2020.html” @Pontifex 26 February 2020
- “Fasting means knowing how to renounce vanities that pass away and superfluous things, to get to what is essential. It means seeking the beauty of a simpler life. #Lent #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex 26 February 2020
- “We begin the #Lenten Season by receiving #ashes. We are dust in the universe. Yet we are dust loved by God. http://vatican.va/content/francesco/en/homilies/2020/documents/papa-francesco_20200226_omelia-ceneri.html” @Pontifex 26 February 2020
- “The #ashes we receive on our foreheads remind us that, as God’s children, we cannot spend our lives chasing after dust.” @Pontifex 26 February 2020
- “#Ashes remind us of the direction of our existence: a passage from dust to life. We are dust, earth, clay, but if we allow ourselves to be shaped by the hands of God, we become something wonderous. http://vatican.va/content/francesco/en/homilies/2020/documents/papa-francesco_20200226_omelia-ceneri.html” @Pontifex 26 February 2020
- “#Lent is a time of grace, a time for recognizing that our lowly #ashes are loved by God and for letting God gaze upon us with love, and in this way change our lives. We were put in this world to go from ashes to life.” @Pontifex 26 February 2020
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