{"id":16815,"date":"2020-12-09T21:11:17","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T02:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/?p=16815"},"modified":"2020-12-09T21:11:17","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T02:11:17","slug":"the-weekly-francis-volume-341-09-december-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2020\/12\/the-weekly-francis-volume-341-09-december-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"The Weekly Francis &#8211; Volume 341 &#8211; 09 December 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>This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 17 November 2020 to 9 December 2020.<\/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\/2020\/documents\/papa-francesco_angelus_20201206.html\">6 December 2020<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/angelus\/2020\/documents\/papa-francesco_angelus_20201208.html\">8 December 2020<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Apostolic Letter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/apost_letters\/documents\/papa-francesco-lettera-ap_20201208_patris-corde.html\">8 December 2020 &#8211; Apostolic Letter <em>Patris Corde<\/em> of the Holy Father Francis on the 150th Anniversary of the proclamation of Saint Joseph as Patron of the Universal Church<\/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\/2020\/documents\/papa-francesco_20201209_udienza-generale.html\">9 December 2020<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>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_20201117_chirografo-retepreghiera-delpapa.html\">17 November 2020 &#8211; Chirograph of the Holy Father for the establishment in canonical and Vatican juridical person of the &#8220;Pope\u2019s Worldwide Prayer Network\u201d Foundation<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/letters\/2020\/documents\/papa-francesco_20201205_chirografo-asif.html\">5 December 2020 &#8211; Chirograph signed by the Holy Father &#8211; Statute of the Supervisory and Financial Information Authority (ASIF)<\/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\/2020\/documents\/papa-francesco_20201203_messaggio-disabilita.html\">3 December 2020 &#8211; Message of His Holiness Pope Francis to mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPwD)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/messages\/pont-messages\/2020\/documents\/papa-francesco_20201208_videomessaggio-chiusura-annomariano.html\">8 December 2020 &#8211; Video message of the Holy Father to mark the end of the National Marian Year in Argentina<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Motu Proprio<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/motu_proprio\/documents\/papa-francesco-motu-proprio-20201121_ab-initio.html\">21 November 2020 &#8211; Apostolic Letter in the form of a \u201cMotu Proprio\u201d \u201cAb initio\u201d, of the Supreme Pontiff Francis on the amendment of cannons 435 \u00a71 and 506 \u00a71 of the Code of Canons of the Oriental Churches<\/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\/2020\/december\/documents\/papa-francesco_20201204_ambasciatori.html\">4 December 2020 &#8211; Address of His Holiness Pope Francis for the presentation of Credential Letters by the Ambassadors of Jordan, Kazakhstan, Zambia, Mauritania, Uzbekistan, Madagascar, Estonia, Rwanda, Denmark and India accredited to the Holy See<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Papal Tweets<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201cThe first step of faith is to tell God that we need him, that we need him to be close to us. Thus, if we ask Jesus to come close to us, we will train ourselves to be watchful.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1334448543210352640\">@Pontifex 3 December 2020<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cInclusion should be the \u201crock\u201d on which to build programmes and initiatives of civil institutions meant to ensure that no one, especially those in greatest difficulty, is left behind. #IDPD\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1334474970123087877\">@Pontifex 3 December 2020<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cTo help our society to \u201cbuild back better\u201d, inclusion of the vulnerable must also entail efforts to promote their active participation. #IDPD <a href=\"http:\/\/vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/messages\/pont-messages\/2020\/documents\/papa-francesco_20201203_messaggio-disabilita.html\">Message<\/a>\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1334475219180851202\">@Pontifex 3 December 2020<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cCome, Lord Jesus, make our distracted hearts watchful. Awaken within us the desire to pray and the need to love.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1334837356981936129\">@Pontifex 4 December 2020<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cJust as before our birth, our loved ones awaited us, so now Love in person awaits us. If we are awaited in Heaven, why should we be caught up with earthly concerns? Why should we waste time complaining about the night, when the light of day awaits us?\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1335199745539592193\">@Pontifex 5 December 2020<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cConversion is a grace that we need to forcefully ask God for. We are converted to the degree in which we open ourselves up to the beauty, the goodness, the tenderness of God. Thus let us leave what is false and fleeting for what is true, beautiful and everlasting. #GospelOfTheDay\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1335623745759752192\">@Pontifex 6 December 2020<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cI want to be close to all doctors and nurses during this time in which the pandemic calls us to be near all men and women who suffer. Thank you for drawing near to them, thanks for your tenderness, thanks for your professionalism in taking care of the sick.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1335924520222220294\">@Pontifex 7 December 2020<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cThe uncontaminated beauty of our Mother is incomparable, but at the same time it attracts us. Let us entrust ourselves to her and say \u201cno\u201d to sin and \u201cyes\u201d to Grace once and for all. #Angelus\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1336269290841001984\">@Pontifex 8 December 2020<\/a><\/li><li>\u201c150 years after the proclamation of St Joseph as Patron of the Catholic Church, I would like to share some personal reflections on this extraordinary figure, so close to our own human experience.<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/apost_letters\/documents\/papa-francesco-lettera-ap_20201208_patris-corde.html\">Apostolic Letter<\/a>\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1336279361121501186\">@Pontifex 8 December 2020<\/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 17 November 2020 to 9 December 2020. 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