{"id":15983,"date":"2017-12-27T19:15:10","date_gmt":"2017-12-28T00:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/?p=15983"},"modified":"2017-12-27T19:15:10","modified_gmt":"2017-12-28T00:15:10","slug":"the-weekly-francis-volume-207-27-december-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2017\/12\/the-weekly-francis-volume-207-27-december-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"The Weekly Francis &#8211; Volume 207 &#8211; 27 December 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"><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\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-14281\" src=\"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/pope-francis2-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"pope-francis2-300x187\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 21 December 2017 to 27 December 2017.<\/p>\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<p>Homilies<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/homilies\/2017\/documents\/papa-francesco_20171224_omelia-natale.html\">24 December 2017 &#8211; Holy Mass on the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Messages<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/messages\/urbi\/documents\/papa-francesco_20171225_urbi-et-orbi-natale.html\">25 December 2017 &#8211; \u201cUrbi et Orbi\u201d &#8211; Christmas 2017<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Speeches<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2017\/december\/documents\/papa-francesco_20171221_curia-romana.html\">21 December 2017 &#8211; Christmas address to the Roman Curia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Papal Tweets<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cWithout love, both life and faith are worthless.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/943820850830168065\">@Pontifex 21 December 2017<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cLet us free Christmas from the worldliness that has taken it hostage! The true spirit of Christmas is the beauty of being loved by God.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/944183236959248385\">@Pontifex 22 December 2017<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cIf we really want to celebrate Christmas, let\u2019s contemplate this image: the fragile simplicity of a new-born baby. That\u2019s where God is.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/944545628209799169\">@Pontifex 23 December 2017<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cContemplating the Baby Jesus, with His humble and infinite love, let us say to Him, very simply: \u201cThank you for doing all this for me!\u201d\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/944908018575011841\">@Pontifex 24 December 2017<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cStop and look at the nativity scene: let us enter the true spirit of Christmas with the shepherds, bringing Baby Jesus all that we are.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/945270404846821376\">@Pontifex 25 December 2017<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cToday we want to remember all those who suffer persecution. We want to be close to them with our affection and our prayers.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/945632791160483840\">@Pontifex 26 December 2017<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cGod is in love with us. He draws us to Him with tenderness by being born poor and fragile among us, like one of us.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/945995179261071361\">@Pontifex 27 December 2017<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Papal Instagram<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/franciscus\/\">Franciscus<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 21 December 2017 to 27 December 2017. 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