{"id":16549,"date":"2019-12-04T22:56:43","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T03:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/?p=16549"},"modified":"2019-12-04T22:56:46","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T03:56:46","slug":"the-weekly-francis-volume-295-04-december-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2019\/12\/the-weekly-francis-volume-295-04-december-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"The Weekly Francis &#8211; Volume 295 &#8211; 04 December 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><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><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 26 November 2019 to 4 December 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\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\n\n\n<p>Angelus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/angelus\/2019\/documents\/papa-francesco_angelus_20191201.html\">1 December 2019<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>General Audiences<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/audiences\/2019\/documents\/papa-francesco_20191127_udienza-generale.html\">27 November 2019<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Homilies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/homilies\/2019\/documents\/papa-francesco_20191201_omelia-comunitacattolica-congolese.html\">1 December 2019 &#8211; Holy Mass for the Congolese Community<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Messages<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/messages\/pont-messages\/2019\/documents\/papa-francesco_20191130_messaggio-bartolomeo-i.html\">30 November 2019 &#8211; Message of Pope Francis to His Holiness Bartholomew I on the occasion of the Feast of Saint Andrew<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/messages\/pont-messages\/2019\/documents\/papa-francesco_20191201_messaggio-carolina-schmidt.html\">1 December 2019 &#8211; Message of the Holy Father to the participants in the United Nations Conference on Climate [Madrid, 2\u201313 December 2019]<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/messages\/pont-messages\/2019\/documents\/papa-francesco_20191203_messaggio-disabilita.html\">3 December 2019 &#8211; Message of Pope Francis to mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPwD)<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Speeches<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2019\/november\/documents\/papa-francesco_20191126_voloritorno-giappone.html\">26 November 2019 &#8211; Apostolic Journey to Japan: Press Conference on the return flight to Rome (Papal flight, 26 November 2019)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2019\/november\/documents\/papa-francesco_20191129_centrostudi-rosariolivatino.html\">29 November 2019 &#8211; To members of the \u201cRosario Livatino\u201d Study Center<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2019\/november\/documents\/papa-francesco_20191129_commissione-teologica.html\">29 November 2019 &#8211; To members of the International Theological Commission<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2019\/november\/documents\/papa-francesco_20191130_progetto-yopuedo.html\">30 November 2019 &#8211; To Participants at the \u201cChildren\u2019s global summit\u201d<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2019\/november\/documents\/papa-francesco_20191130_chiesa-inuscita.html\">30 November 2019 &#8211; To Participants at the International Meeting: The \u201cChurch which goes forth\u201d. Evangelii Gaudium: Reception and Perspectives<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2019\/november\/documents\/papa-francesco_20191130_corso-rotaromana.html\">30 November 2019 &#8211; To the participants in the course promoted by the Tribunal of the Roman Rota<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2019\/december\/documents\/papa-francesco_20191202_imprenditoricattolici-francesi.html\">2 December 2019 &#8211; To French Catholic entrepreneurs participating in the \u201cJourney of the Common Good\u201d in the Capital<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2019\/december\/documents\/papa-francesco_20191204_solidarnosc.html\">4 December 2019 &#8211; To Members of the Board of Directors of the Independent Self-governing Trade Union \u201cSolidarno\u015b\u0107\u201d (Poland)<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Papal Tweets<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201cHow important it is to learn to be a friendly and outstretched hand! Try to grow in friendship even with those who think differently than you, so that solidarity might grow among you and become the best weapon to change the course of history.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1200029070567858176\">@Pontifex 28 November 2019<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cThe Church exists to keep alive in people\u2019s heart the memory that God loves them. It exists to tell everyone, even those furthest away: \u201cGod doesn\u2019t forget you, He cares about you\u201d.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1200753845455990784\">@Pontifex 30 November 2019<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cIn the #GospelOfTheDay, Jesus exhorts us to be ready for His coming: \u201dWatch therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming\u201c (Mt 24:42). To watch means to have your heart ready to give and to serve, to be attentive to our neighbour in difficulty.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1201101133852246017\">@Pontifex 1 December 2019<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cThe word #Advent means coming. The Lord is coming. This is the root of our hope: the certainty that God\u2019s consolation comes to us amidst the troubles of the world. Not a consolation of words, but of His presence among us.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1201116233506017280\">@Pontifex 1 December 2019<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cWith this Letter, I wish to encourage the beautiful family tradition of preparing the nativity scene in the days before Christmas, but also the custom of setting it up in the workplace, in schools, hospitals, prisons and town squares. http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/apost_letters\/documents\/papa-francesco-lettera-ap_20191201_admirabile-signum.html\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1201176630959443968\">@Pontifex 1 December 2019<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cThe closeness to the Lord invites our heart to approach our brothers and sisters with love, to show compassion towards everyone.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1201478622600581122\">@Pontifex 2 December 2019<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cToday we renew our commitment so that every disabled person may share their gifts with the community to which they belong and in which they take part. #IDPD\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1201812799070068736\">@Pontifex 3 December 2019<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cToday the Church praises smallness. God\u2019s works begin by sprouting from a seed, from little things. Jesus speaks about this smallness of the Kingdom: the small heart, humble, that is open to the revelation of the Lord. #HomilySantaMarta\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1201825909453422593\">@Pontifex 3 December 2019<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cLet us pray for all the pastors of the Church, that they might guide the flock entrusted to them with the same firmness and tenderness of the Good Shepherd. #GeneralAudience\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1202203397174300675\">@Pontifex 4 December 2019<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>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>This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 26 November 2019 to 4 December 2019. 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