{"id":17480,"date":"2022-09-06T22:41:54","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T02:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/?p=17480"},"modified":"2022-09-06T22:41:55","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T02:41:55","slug":"the-weekly-francis-volume-427","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2022\/09\/the-weekly-francis-volume-427\/","title":{"rendered":"The Weekly Francis &#8211; Volume 427"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<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>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Weekly Francis is a compilation of the Holy Father\u2019s writings, speeches, etc which I also cross-post at <a href=\"http:\/\/jimmyakin.com\/category\/popefrancis\">Jimmy Akin\u2019s blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 21 July 2022 to 6 September 2022.<\/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\/2022\/documents\/20220904-angelus.html\">4 September 2022 &#8211; Angelus<\/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\/motu_proprio\/documents\/20220903-decreto-smom.html\">3 September 2022 &#8211; Decree for the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta (S.M.O.M.)<\/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\/2022\/documents\/20220831-udienza-generale.html\">31 August 2022 &#8211; General Audience &#8211; Catechesis On Discernment\u2019 1. What does it mean to discern?<\/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\/2022\/documents\/20220904-omelia-beatificazione-gpi.html\">4 September 2022 &#8211; Holy Mass and beatification of the Servant of God, Pope John Paul I<\/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\/2022\/documents\/20220721-messaggio-meeting-rimini.html\">21 July 2022 &#8211; Message of His Holiness Pope Francis, signed by the Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, on the occasion of the 43rd Meeting for Friendship among Peoples [Rimini, 20\u201325 August 2022] (21 July 20<\/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\/2022\/september\/documents\/20220901-cultori-liturgia.html\">1 September 2022 &#8211; To members of the Italian Association of Teachers and Practitioners of Liturgy (1st September 2022)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2022\/september\/documents\/20220901-padri-schonstatt.html\">1 September 2022 &#8211; To participants in the General Chapter of the Sch\u00f6nstatt Fathers (1st September 2022)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2022\/september\/documents\/20220903-fondazione-avsi.html\">3 September 2022 &#8211; To Members of the AVSI Foundation for the \u2018Open Hospitals\u2019 Project in Syria<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2022\/september\/documents\/20220905-caritas-spagnola.html\">5 September 2022 &#8211; Delegation from Caritas Spain<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Papal Tweets<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201cDiscernment is demanding but indispensable for living. It requires a filial relationship with God. God is Father and He does not leave us alone. He is always willing to welcome us. But He never imposes His will. Why? Because He wants to be loved and not feared. #GeneralAudience\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1564938552210649088\">@Pontifex, 31 August 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cLet us #PrayTogether that the death penalty, which attacks the dignity of the human person, may be legally abolished in every country. #PrayerIntention TVT <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/j7n3tbprV-4\">YouTube<\/a>\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1564976308559527942\">@Pontifex, 31 August 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cI am following with concern the violent events in Baghdad in recent days. Let us #PrayTogether for the people of Iraq. Dialogue and fraternity are the best way to face the current difficulties and reach peaceful living together.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1564961214379094017\">@Pontifex, 31 August 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cGod wants children, not slaves: free children. And love can only be lived in freedom. To learn to live one must learn to love, and for this it is necessary to discern. PLf <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/it\/events\/event.dir.html\/content\/vaticanevents\/it\/2022\/8\/31\/udienzagenerale.html\">Vatican<\/a>\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1564938802375921665\">@Pontifex, 31 August 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cToday, more than ever, we need a non-worldly liturgy, one that makes us raise our eyes toward Heaven to experience that the world and life are inhabited by the Mystery of Christ; and at the same time, a liturgy that is not distanced from life.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1565323604320874496\">@Pontifex, 1 September 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cLet us #PrayTogether during this #SeasonOfCreation so that the UN COP27 and COP15 Summits might unite the human family in decisively confronting the double crisis of climate change and the reduction of biodiversity.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1565301693427748865\">@Pontifex, 1 September 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cMay this year\u2019s theme, \u201cListen to the voice of creation\u201d, foster a concrete commitment in each person to take care of our common home. Prey to our consumerist excesses, our sister, mother earth, weeps and implores us to put an end to our abuses and destruction. #SeasonOfCreation\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1565301442054803456\">@Pontifex, 1 September 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cToday we celebrate the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, and the beginning of the #SeasonOfCreation, which will conclude on 4 October, the Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1565300941095456768\">@Pontifex, 1 September 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cThis #SeasonofCreation is an opportunity to cultivate our \u201cecological conversion\u201d, a conversion encouraged by Saint John Paul II as a response to the \u201cecological catastrophe\u201d predicted by Saint Paul VI back in 1970.<br>https:\/\/t.co\/GEsiGVPhRw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/messages\/pont-messages\/2022\/documents\/20220716-messaggio-giornata-curacreato.html\">Message<\/a>\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1565674686050193408\">@Pontifex, 2 September 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cIn this #SeasonofCreation, we pray once more in the great cathedral of creation, and revel in the grandiose cosmic choir made up of countless creatures singing God\u2019s praises. #PrayTogether https:\/\/t.co\/iKWbVyKfuW\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1566025716650520579\">@Pontifex, 3 September 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cFollowing Jesus means bearing, like him, one\u2019s own burdens and those of others, making one\u2019s life a gift. Jesus asks this of us: live the Gospel and you will live your life, not halfway but to the full.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1566376777144012801\">@Pontifex, 4 September 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cLet us pray to #PopeJohnPaulI. Let us ask him to obtain for us \u201dthe smile of the soul\u201c. Using his own words, let us ask for what he himself used to request: \u201dLord, take me as I am, with my defects, with my shortcomings, but help me become what you desire me to be.&#8221;&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1566384327105060865\">@Pontifex, 4 September 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cBlessed #JohnPaulI considered himself like dust in which God deigned to write. Therefore, he used to say, \u201dthe Lord recommended this a lot: be humble. Even if you have done great things, say: \u2018We are useless servants.\u2019 &#8220;&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1566380559726698496\">@Pontifex, 4 September 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cIn the #GospelOfTheDay (Lk 14:25\u201333), the Lord\u2019s discourse isnot that appealing and is quite demanding: whoever does not love him more than his or her own dear ones, whoever does not carry the cross, whoever is not detached from earthly goods, cannot be his disciple.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1566373002324848641\">@Pontifex, 4 September 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cIf shared with love, a small amount never ends, but becomes a source of life and happiness. Such is the case with our alms, whether small or large, when offered with joy and simplicity. #InternationalDayofCharity\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1566750492062978049\">@Pontifex, 5 September 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201c#MotherTeresa loved to say, \u201cPerhaps I don\u2019t speak their language, but I can smile\u201d. Let us carry her smile in our hearts and give it to those whom we meet along our journey, especially those who suffer. In this way, we will open up opportunities of joy and hope.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1566735391444574208\">@Pontifex, 5 September 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cThe sweet song of creation invites us to practise an \u201cecological spirituality\u201d attentive to God\u2019s presence in the natural world, aware that everything was created through Christ and that \u201dwithout Him not one thing came into being\u201d (Jn 1:3). #SeasonofCreation&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1567112879228293120\">@Pontifex, 6 September 2022<\/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>The Weekly Francis is a compilation of the Holy Father\u2019s writings, speeches, etc which I also cross-post at Jimmy Akin\u2019s blog. 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