{"id":16639,"date":"2020-04-15T20:55:12","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T00:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/?p=16639"},"modified":"2020-04-15T20:55:13","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T00:55:13","slug":"the-weekly-francis-volume-312-15-april-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2020\/04\/the-weekly-francis-volume-312-15-april-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"The Weekly Francis &#8211; Volume 312 &#8211; 15 April 2020"},"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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 9 March 2020 to 15 April 2020.<\/p>\n\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 post at <a href=\"http:\/\/jimmyakin.com\/category\/popefrancis\">Jimmy Akin\u2019s blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Angelus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/angelus\/2020\/documents\/papa-francesco_angelus_20200405.html\">5 April 2020<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Daily Homilies (fervorinos)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/cotidie\/2020\/documents\/papa-francesco-cotidie_20200309_messa-per-imalati.html\">9 March 2020 &#8211; The grace of shame<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/cotidie\/2020\/documents\/papa-francesco-cotidie_20200310_sacerdoti-testimoni.html\">10 March 2020 &#8211; Sinners, but in dialogue with God<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/cotidie\/2020\/documents\/papa-francesco-cotidie_20200311_malati-carcerati-perseguitati.html\">11 March 2020 &#8211; Vanity distances us from Christ\u2019s Cross<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/cotidie\/2020\/documents\/papa-francesco-cotidie_20200312_contrastare-abisso-dellindifferenza.html\">12 March 2020 &#8211; Do not fall prey to indifference<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/cotidie\/2020\/documents\/papa-francesco-cotidie_20200313_pastori-accompagnino-popolodidio.html\">13 March 2020 &#8211; Let us not forget the gratuitousness of revelation<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/cotidie\/2020\/documents\/papa-francesco-cotidie_20200314_con-le-famiglie.html\">14 March 2020 &#8211; Living at home, but not feeling at home<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/cotidie\/2020\/documents\/papa-francesco-cotidie_20200315_vicini-aglioperatori-inprimalinea.html\">15 March 2020 &#8211; Addressing the Lord with our truth<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/cotidie\/2020\/documents\/papa-francesco-cotidie_20200316_riscopriredio-nelle-piccolecose.html\">16 March 2020 &#8211; God always acts in simplicity<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/cotidie\/2020\/documents\/papa-francesco-cotidie_20200317_adorazione-benedizione-eucaristica.html\">17 March 2020 &#8211; Asking for forgiveness implies forgiving<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/cotidie\/2020\/documents\/papa-francesco-cotidie_20200318_pergli-operatorisanitari.html\">18 March 2020 &#8211; Our God is close and asks us to be close to each other<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/cotidie\/2020\/documents\/papa-francesco-cotidie_20200319_peri-carcerati.html\">19 March 2020 &#8211; Living in the tangibility of daily life and of mystery<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/cotidie\/2020\/documents\/papa-francesco-cotidie_20200320_peri-medici-ele-autorita.html\">20 March 2020 &#8211; Return to God and return to the embrace of the Father<\/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\/2020\/documents\/papa-francesco_20200408_udienza-generale.html\">8 April 2020<\/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\/2020\/documents\/papa-francesco_20200409_omelia-coenadomini.html\">9 April 2020 &#8211; Mass of the Lord\u2019s Supper<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/homilies\/2020\/documents\/papa-francesco_20200411_omelia-vegliapasquale.html\">11 April 2020 &#8211; Easter Vigil in the Holy Night of Easter<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Letters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/letters\/2020\/documents\/papa-francesco_20200409_lettera-ostensione-sindone.html\">9 April 2020 &#8211; Letter of the Holy Father to the Archbishop of Turin on the occasion of the extraordinary Exposition of the Shroud [Holy Saturday, 11 April 2020]<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/letters\/2020\/documents\/papa-francesco_20200412_lettera-movimentipopolari.html\">12 April 2020 &#8211; Letter of the Holy Father to the Popular Movements<\/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\/pont-messages\/2020\/documents\/papa-francesco_20200410_messaggio-parrocchiacarcere-padova.html\">10 April 2020 &#8211; Message of the Holy Father to the Parish of the \u201cDue Palazzi\u201d Detention Centre in Padua<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/messages\/urbi\/documents\/papa-francesco_20200412_urbi-et-orbi-pasqua.html\">12 April 2020 &#8211; \u201cUrbi et Orbi\u201d &#8211; Easter 2020<\/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>\u201cDear brother priests, we have been anointed to anoint, to give of ourselves. Let us #PrayTogether today asking for the humility to protect this gift of anointing, and imploring God\u2019s mercy for the people entrusted to us and for the entire world. #HolyThursday\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1248176177833017346\">@Pontifex 9 April 2020<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cLet us #PrayTogether. Follow the Easter Triduum liturgies: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=VJHI8bI0LWg\">YouTube<\/a> \u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1248211555759652864\">@Pontifex 9 April 2020<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cGaze upon the outstretched arms of Christ crucified, let yourself be saved over and over again. #PrayTogether #GoodFriday \u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1248505997162881024\">@Pontifex 10 April 2020<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cThis Face disfigured by wounds communicates great peace. His gaze is directed not to our eyes but to our heart, as if to say: Have faith, do not lose hope. The power of the love of God, the power of the Risen One overcomes all things. #HolyShroud \u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1248898582796800000\">@Pontifex 11 April 2020<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cLet us direct our gaze to the Man of the Shroud, in whom we recognize the features of the Servant of the Lord, which Jesus accomplished in His Passion. Participate in the prayer before the Holy Shroud through the media at 5 PM: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VJHI8bI0LWg\">Video<\/a>\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1248958980803702786\">@Pontifex 11 April 2020<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cDo not be afraid, do not yield to fear: This is the message of hope. It is addressed to us, today. These are the words that God repeats to us this very night.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1249078509248675847\">@Pontifex 11 April 2020<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cLet us silence the cries of death, no more wars! Since we need bread, not guns. Let the abortion and killing of innocent lives end. May the hearts of those who have enough be open to filling the empty hands of those who do not have the bare necessities.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1249079954593263617\">@Pontifex 11 April 2020<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cTonight we acquire a fundamental right: the right to hope. It is a new and living hope that comes from God. It is not mere optimism; it is a gift from heaven, which we could not have earned on our own.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1249083900565114880\">@Pontifex 11 April 2020<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cIn this night, the Church\u2019s voice rings out: \u201cChrist, my hope, is risen!\u201d. This is a different \u201ccontagion\u201d, a message transmitted from heart to heart \u2013 for every human heart awaits this Good News. It is the contagion of hope: \u201cChrist, my hope, is risen!\u201d.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1249291171450380289\">@Pontifex 12 April 2020<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cDear brothers and sisters, Indifference, self-centredness, division and forgetfulness are not words we want to hear at this time. We want to ban these words for ever! <a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/messages\/urbi\/documents\/papa-francesco_20200412_urbi-et-orbi-pasqua.html\">Message<\/a>\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1249298719691829248\">@Pontifex 12 April 2020<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cLet us #PrayTogether for government leaders, scientists and politicians who are beginning to study a way out of the pandemic, though its \u201daftermath\u201c has already begun. May they find the right way, always for the good of their people.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1249606279514988545\">@Pontifex 13 April 2020<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cWe will either bet on life, in favor of the resurrection of our people, or we will bet on the god of money, turning back to the tomb of hunger, slavery, war, the making of weapons, of children without an education. #HomilySantaMarta <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/DXOAUlaa3pk\">Santa Maria Mass &#8211; YouTube<\/a>\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1249634348749541376\">@Pontifex 13 April 2020<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cIn the #GospelOfTheDay we hear that the women proclaimed Jesus\u2019 Resurrection to the disciples. Today I would like to remember the efforts that so many women make to take care of others, even during this health crisis.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1249661108501307392\">@Pontifex 13 April 2020<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cLet us #PrayTogether that the Lord might give us the grace of unity among us. In these difficulties times, may He allow us to discover the communion that binds us and the unity which is greater than any division. <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vAoPpzpQWyk\">Santa Maria Mass &#8211; YouTube<\/a>\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1249981678589743104\">@Pontifex 14 April 2020<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cTo repent means returning to faithfulness. Today let us ask for the grace to look beyond our own security, and to be faithful even before the tomb and the collapse of so many illusions. Remaining faithful is not easy. May the Lord keep us faithful. #HomilySantaMarta\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1249997695994994689\">@Pontifex 14 April 2020<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cJesus\u2019 resurrection shows us that death does not have the last world; life does. Christ has been raised, so it is possible to have a positive outlook on every event of our existence, even the most difficult ones and those charged with anguish and uncertainty.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1250023495263756289\">@Pontifex 14 April 2020<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cLet us #PrayTogether for the elderly, especially those who are isolated or in rest homes and are afraid of dying alone. They are our roots. They gave us the faith, tradition, and a sense of belonging. Let us pray that the Lord might be near to them.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1250325169987452929\">@Pontifex 15 April 2020<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cGod\u2019s faithfulness is a patient fidelity to His people. God listens, guides, explains slowly, and kindles the heart as He did with the two disciples who had traveled far from Jerusalem: He made their hearts burn so they would return home. #HomilySantaMarta\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1250354513489379328\">@Pontifex 15 April 2020<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cThey are called children of God who have learned the art of peace and exercise it, knowing that there is no reconciliation without the gift of one\u2019s own life, and that peace must be sought always and in every situation. #Beatitudes #GeneralAudience\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1250385883364298753\">@Pontifex 15 April 2020<\/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>This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 9 March 2020 to 15 April 2020. 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