The Weekly Francis – Volume 173 – 19 April 2017

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 3 March 2017 to 19 April 2017.

Note: There are several General Audiences that have not yet been translated into English.

The Weekly Francis is a compilation of the Holy Father’s writings, speeches, etc which I also post at Jimmy Akin’s blog.

Angelus

• 19 March 2017
• 26 March 2017
• 2 April 2017

Daily Homilies (fervorinos)

• 3 March 2017 – The true fast
• 14 March 2017 – Learning to do good
• 16 March 2017 – As if they don’t exist
• 20 March 2017 – Joseph the dreamer
• 21 March 2017 – The grace of shame

General Audiences

• 29 March 2017

Homilies

• 9 April 2017 – Palm Sunday – XXXII World Youth Day
• 13 April 2017 – Holy Chrism Mass
• 15 April 2017 – Easter Vigil in the Holy Night

Letters

• 28 March 2017 – Letter sent by Cardinal Parolin, Secretary of State, on behalf of the Holy Father to the 10th Forum for the Future of Agriculture [Brussels, 28 March 2017] – 28 March 2017

Messages

• 16 April 2017 – “Urbi et Orbi” – Easter 2017

Prayers

• 8 April 2017 – Prayer for young people in view of the forthcoming Synod of Bishops 2018

Speeches

• 25 March 2017 – Pastoral Visit to Milan: Meeting with residents in the square of the White Houses
• 29 March 2017 – To participants in a meeting of the Permanent Committee for Dialogue between the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and the Iraqi Superintendents for Shiites, Sunnis, Christians, Yazidis, and Sabeans/Mandaeans

Papal Tweets

• “Hope helps believers to be open to the surprises God has in store for us.” @Pontifex 6 April 2017
• “Lent is a period of repentance aimed at enabling ourselves to rise with Christ, to renew our baptismal identity.” @Pontifex 7 April 2017
• “Dear young friends, don’t be afraid to say “yes” to Jesus with all your heart, to respond generously and to follow him!” @Pontifex 8 April 2017
• “O Cross of Christ, inspire in us a desire for God, for goodness and for light.” @Pontifex 9 April 2017
• “During this Holy Week let us focus our gaze on Jesus and ask for the grace to better understand the mystery of his sacrifice for our sake.” @Pontifex 10 April 2017
• “Jesus comes to save us; we are called to choose his way: the way of service, of giving, of forgetfulness of ourselves.” @Pontifex 11 April 2017
• “While the mystery of evil is profound, the reality of God’s Love poured out through Jesus is infinite and victorious.” @Pontifex 12 April 2017
• “It is good for us to break out of our set ways, because it is proper to the Heart of God to overflow with tenderness, with ever more to give” @Pontifex 13 April 2017
• “O Cross of Christ, teach us that the rising of the sun is more powerful than the darkness of night, and God’s eternal love wins always.” @Pontifex 14 April 2017
• “Today is the celebration of our hope, the celebration of this truth: nothing and no one will ever be able to separate us from God’s love.” @Pontifex 15 April 2017
• “Happy Easter! May you bring to all the joy and hope of the Risen Christ!” @Pontifex 16 April 2017
• “Yes, we are sure of it: Christ indeed from death is risen!” @Pontifex 17 April 2017
• “During this week of Easter it would do us good every day to read a passage from the Gospel which speaks of the Resurrection of Christ.” @Pontifex 18 April 2017
• “Let us meditate with wonder and gratitude on the great mystery of the Lord’s Resurrection.” @Pontifex 19 April 2017

Papal Instagram

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