DEC 2018

Pope Francis focuses on the “astonishment” and “anxiety” of Mary and Joseph

Sunday, 30 December 2018 – Pope Francis at Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)

Pope Francis Christmas Urbi et Orbi message

Wednesday, 25 December 2018 – Pope Francis at Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)

Let us allow ourselves to be consoled by God

Tuesday, 11 December 2018 – Pope Francis at Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)

Prepare for Christmas with the courage of faith

Monday, 10 December 2018 – Pope Francis at Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)

Advent is a time for purifying the faith

Monday, 3 December 2018 – Pope Francis at Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)

NOV 2018

Christians must provide credible witness with their lives

Friday, 30 November 2018 – Pope Francis at Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)

So-called Christian societies will end if pagan

Thursday, 29 November 2018 – Pope Francis at Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)

How do we want to meet the Lord?

Tuesday, 27 November 2018 – Pope Francis at Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)

‘Generosity enlarges the heart’
Monday, 26 November 2018 – Pope Francis at Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)

Pope to Choirs: ‘Help community sing, don’t replace its voice’

Saturday, 24 November 2018 – 3rd International Meeting of Choirs, Saturday audience, Paul VI Hall, Vatican (Vatican News)

Martyrdom doesn’t make the news

Thursday, 15 November 2018 – Pope Francis at Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)

Bishop, a humble and meek servant, not a prince

Monday, 12 November 2018 – Pope Francis at Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)

‘Murmuring’; and instead of dialoguing, we secretly complain

Thursday, 8 November 2018 – Pope Francis at Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)

‘Witness’ always breaks a habit. It also puts you at risk

Thursday, 8 November 2018 – Pope Francis at Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)

Bearing witness, complaining, asking questions

Thursday, 8 November 2018 – Pope Francis at Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)

OCT 2018

Three forms of poverty

Thursday, 18 October 2018 – Pope Francis at Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)

Indifference kills

Wednesday, 17 October 2018 – Pope Francis, General Audience, St Peter’s Square (Vatican News)

Be careful around rigid Christians
Tuesday, 16 October 2018 – Pope Francis at Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)

The poor cannot wait

Tuesday, 16 October 2018 – Pope Francis message to FAO to mark World Food Day (Vatican News)

SEP 2018

The Lord keeps giving us new chances because his greatest joy is to see us reborn

Tuesday, 25 September 2018 – Pope Francis meets with Beneficiaries of the Church’s Charitable Works in Tallin – Apostolic Visit (Vatican News)

Instead of looking at ourselves, we tend to look at others, at their sins, and to talk about them

Friday, 21 September 2018 – Pope Francis at Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)

We must not be afraid to contemplate the cross as a moment of defeat, of failure

Friday, 14 September 2018 – Pope Francis at Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)

Pope To Youth: Jesus doesn’t want you on the bench, He asks you to go out to the world

Monday, 17 September 2018 – Pope Francis, Pope at central square in Palermo, Sicily, Italy (xt3.com and Rome Reports)

The profession of faith in Jesus Christ cannot stop at words, but must be authenticated by concrete choices and gestures, by a life sealed with the love of God and neighbor

Sunday, 16 September 2018 – Pope Francis at Sunday Angelus (CNA/EWTN News)

The worst kind of slavery is that of one’s Ego

Wednesday, 12 September 2018 – Pope Francis, General Audience, St Peter’s Square (Vatican News)

Jesus always acts with discretion. He does not want to impress people

Sunday, 9 September 2018 – Pope Francis at Sunday Angelus (CNA/EWTN News)

Do not be deaf or silent in the face of suffering

Sunday, 9 September 2018 – Pope Francis at Sunday Angelus (Vatican News)

Discern true rest from false rest

Wednesday, 5 September 2018 – Pope Francis, General Audience, St Peter’s Square (Vatican News)

Make an examination of conscience everyday

Tuesday, 4 September 2018 – Pope Francis at Morning Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)

Be vigilant so that our way of thinking and acting is not polluted…by vanity, greed, pride

Sunday, 2 September 2018 – Pope Francis at Sunday Angelus (Vatican News)

AUG 2018

God is calling on families ‘to participate’ in His dream

Wednesday, 29 August 2018 – Pope Francis, General Audience, St Peter’s Square (Vatican News)

JUL 2018

Don’t waste food, don’t be indifferent to the world’s cry of hunger

Sunday, 29 July 2018 – Pope Francis at Sunday Angelus (Vatican News)

JUN 2018

Forgiveness, prayer, and love for those who seek to destroy us is the path Jesus has laid out for us

Tuesday, 19 June 2018 – Pope Francis homily at Morning Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)

If you want to destroy institutions or people, you start by speaking ill of them. This is the “slanderous communication”

Monday, 18 June 2018 – Pope Francis at Morning Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)

The Kingdom of God grows by its own power; mysteriously

Sunday, 17 June 2018 – Pope Francis at Sunday Angelus (Vatican News)

Exploiting women is a sin against God

Friday, 15 June 2018 – Pope Francis homily at Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)

Migration can enrich society

Thursday, 14 June 2018 – Pope Francis message to 2nd Holy See – Mexico Conference on International Migration (Vatican News)

Just as we should never think that we know everything, we should never fear to try to learn more

Thursday, 14 June 2018 – Pope Francis to Participants at Vatican Observatory Summer School in Astrophysics (Vatican News)

Jesus desires reconciliation

Thursday, 14 June 2018 – Pope Francis homily at Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)

Christians must pursue the path of true life, true love, true wealth

Wednesday, 13 June 2018 – Pope Francis, General Audience, St Peter’s Square (Vatican News)

Envy and jealousy for someone else’s goodness and good works can lead to false accusations.

Sunday, 10 June 2018 – Pope Francis at the Angelus (Vatican News)

God’s love has no need for words but for concrete gestures.

Friday, 8 June 2018 – Pope Francis homily at Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)

Christian memory is the salt of life. Remember your first encounter with Jesus; and those who transmitted the faith to us.

Thursday, 7 June 2018 – Pope Francis homily at Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)

Only the Eucharist satisfies hearts

Sunday, 3 June 2018 – Pope Francis homily at Mass on the Solemnity of Corpus Christi (CNA/EWTN News)

Overcome silent collusion

Sunday, 3 June 2018 – Pope Francis homily at Mass on the Solemnity of Corpus Christi (Vatican News)

Eucharist burns away selfish attitudes

Sunday, 3 June 2018 – Pope Francis at Sunday Angelus on the Solemnity of Corpus Christi (Vatican News)

the Devil is behind every persecution

Friday, 1 June 2018 – Pope Francis homily at Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)

APR, MAY 2018

Let yourselves be shaped by the Spirit

Wednesday, 30 May 2018 – Pope Francis, General Audience, St Peter’s Square (Vatican News)

Reject worldly patterns of behaviour that take away our freedom.

Tuesday, 29 May 2018 – Pope Francis at Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)

Even when man, out of his own shame, commits serious sins and goes against God, he continues to be a child of God because God never disowns his children.

Wednesday, 9 May 2018 – Pope Francis, General Audience, St Peter’s Square (Vatican News)

Without love, the Church cannot grow, and is transformed into an empty institution, made up of appearances and actions without fecundity.

Thursday, 26 April 2018 – Pope Francis, Morning Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)

Evangelization is the Spirit’s work

Thursday, 19 April 2018 – Pope Francis, Morning Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)

Sign of Cross — Reminder of Baptism

Wednesday, 18 April 2018 – Pope Francis’ catechesis on Baptism, General Audience, Vatican (Vatican News)

The Church needs prophets

Tuesday, 17 April 2018 – Pope Francis Homily, Morning Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)

Follow Jesus out of faith, not self-interest

Monday, 16 April 2018 – Pope Francis Homily, Morning Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)

Christ gives true freedom

Friday, 13 April 2018 – Pope Francis Homily, Morning Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)

Easter joy brings obedience, witness, realism

Thursday, 12 April 2018 – Pope Francis Homily, Morning Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)

FEB, MAR 2018

Jesus risks himself in service

Maundy Thursday, 29 March, 2018 – Pope Francis to inmates, Regina Coeli prison, Mass of the Lord’s Supper, Vatican (Vatican News)

Easter Triduum is center of Christian faith
Wednes

ay, 28 March 2018, General Audience, Vatican (Vatican News)

Our Lady is a gift of the Trinity

Saturday, 10 March 2018, Vatican (Vatican News)

Jesus calls us with the sweetness and confidence of a Father
(There are no threats in the confessional – only forgiveness)

Tuesday, 27 Feb 2018, Casa Santa Marta, Vatican (Vatican News)

Be warned against the temptation of ‘showing off’ by fasting: […] by letting people know […] so that people think ‘what a good person’. This is a trick. It’s pretending to be virtuous.

Friday, 16 Feb 2018, Casa Santa Marta, Vatican (Vatican News)

How is your heart? Is it strong? Does it stay faithful to the Lord, or is it slowly sliding away?

Thursday, 8 Feb 2018, Casa Santa Marta, Vatican (Vatican News)

We listen to the Gospel, and we must respond with our lives. (Homily to be brief; well-prepared)

Wednesday, 7 Feb 2018, General Audience, Vatican (Vatican News)

Teach the people to adore in silence

Monday, 5 Feb 2018, Casa Santa Marta, Vatican (Vatican News)

DEC, JAN 2018

Shepherds should show tenderness and closeness of Jesus

Tuesday, 30 Jan 2018, Casa Santa Marta, Vatican (Vatican News)

There is no humility without humiliation

Monday, 29 Jan 2018, Casa Santa Marta, Vatican (Vatican News)

We do not pray as “parrots” and without “interest” in what we ask for. We beg the Lord to “help our little faith” even in the face of difficulties.

Pope Francis on Christian Prayer – Friday, 12 Jan 2018, Morning Mass at Casa Santa Marta, Vatican (Vatican News)

Pastor’s authority comes from closeness to God and people ‎

Tuesday, 9 Jan 2018 – Morning Mass at Casa Santa Marta, Vatican (Vatican News)

Contempt for the weak is work of Satan

Monday, 8 Jan 2018 – Morning Mass at Casa Santa Marta, Vatican (Vatican News)

Devotion to Mary is not spiritual etiquette; it is a requirement of the Christian life

Monday, 1 Jan 2018 – Solemnity of Mary Mother of God, Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica (CNA)

Humanity is precious and sacred to the Lord. Henceforth, to serve human life is to serve God.

Monday, 1 Jan 2018 – Solemnity of Mary Mother of God, Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica (Vatican News)

All of Mass is important – don’t be late!

Wednesday, 20 Dec 2017 – Vatican (Catholic News Agency)

It is the the Mass that defines Sunday for Christians.
What sort of Sunday can it be if it is lacking an encounter with the Lord?

Wednesday, 13 Dec 2017 – General Audience, Vatican (NEWS.VA)

Being humble means accepting humiliation like Christ

Tuesday, 5 Dec 2017 – Chapel, Casa Santa Marta, Vatican (NEWS.VA)

2017 NOV

The poor are our ‘passport to paradise’

Sunday, 19 Nov 2017 – First World Day for The Poor, Vatican (CNA/EWTN News)

When we go to Mass, maybe we arrive five minutes before, and we start to chit-chat with those in front of us, […] It is a moment of silence for preparing ourselves for dialogue, a time for the heart to collect itself in order to prepare for the encounter with Jesus

Wednesday, 15 Nov 2017 – General Audience, St Peter’s Square, Vatican (CNA/EWTN News)

‘Christian craftiness’ prevents one from falling into the ring of corruption

Friday, 10 Nov 2017 – Homily at Mass, Casa Santa Marta, Vatican (Vatican Radio)

The Eucharist is a wonderful event during which Jesus Christ, our life, becomes present.

Wednesday, 08 Nov 2017 – General Audience, St Peter’s Square, Vatican (Vatican Radio)

2017 OCT

To help the Kingdom of God grow, courage is needed to sow the mustard seed and mix the yeast.

Tuesday, 31 Oct 2017 – Homily at Mass, Casa Santa Marta, Vatican (Vatican Radio)

No one must despair, for [the Lord’s] grace is always present to those who put their trust in him.

Wednesday , 25 Oct 2017 – General Audience, St Peter’s Square, Vatican (Vatican Radio)

Paradise, is not a fairy tale, nor is it an enchanted garden. Paradise is an embrace with God, it is infinite Love, it is a place we enter — thanks to Jesus, who died on the cross for us.

Wednesday , 25 Oct 2017 – General Audience, St Peter’s Square, Vatican (Vatican Radio)

Let us learn not to accuse others, but rather to accuse ourselves, without trying to hide our sins from the Lord.

Friday , 20 Oct 2017 – Morning Mass, Casa Santa Marta, Vatican (Vatican Radio)

Watchful means stopping for a while to examine my life, whether I a Christian, whether I educate my children, whether my life is Christian or worldly?

Friday , 13 Oct 2017 – Homily at Mass, Pope’s Santa Marta residence, Vatican (Vatican Radio)

We must learn to knock on the heart of God! And we learn to do it courageously. And this brave prayer should inspire us and nourish us in our service to the Church

Thursday, 12 Oct 2017 – Pope Francis’ Homily at Mass, St. Mary Major (Vatican Radio)

We know that no matter what we may suffer, life has its purpose and the merciful Lord will greet us at its end.

Wednesday, 11 Oct 2017 – General Audience, St. Peter’s Square (CNA/EWTN News)

God loves, he doesn’t take revenge! He loves, and waits to forgive us

Sunday, 8 Oct 2017 – Pope Francis’ Sunday Angelus address, St. Peter’s Square (CNA/EWTN News)

We can choose to be sinners on a journey, who are listening to the Lord and when they fall they repent and rise, like the first son; or sinners sitting, always and only ready to justify ourselves with words according to what is convenient
Sunday, 1 Oct 2017 – Pope Francis homily at Solemn Mass, Dall’Ara Stadium, Bologna (CNA/EWTN News)

2017 SEP

Do not be afraid of remorse, for it is a sign of salvation

Thursday, 28 September 2017 – Pope Francis homily at Mass (Vatican Radio)

God does not want to exclude anyone and he wants everyone to reach their fullness. This is love, the love of our Father.

24 September, 2017 – Sunday Angelus, St Peter’s Square (CNA/EWTN News)

Pray for leaders despite their mistakes

18 September, 2017 – Audience, St Peter’s Square (Vatican Radio)

Open Your Heart to Forgiveness

17 September, 2017 – Sunday Angelus, St Peter’s Square (CNA/EWTN News)

There is always the temptation to follow a Christ without a Cross, rather, to teach God the right path.

Sunday, 3 September, 2017 – Audience, St Peter’s Square (CNA/EWTN News)

2017 AUG

Have a youthful, searching heart, one full of desire for life and happiness.

30 August, 2017 – Audience, St Peter’s Square (CNA/EWTN News)

Our heart is like the soil: it can be good when the Word bears fruit, but it can also be hard, and waterproof.

2017-07-16 Pope at Angelus (CNA/EWTN News)

The Eucharist is the sacrament of unity. Whoever receives it cannot fail to be a builder of unity, because building unity has become part of his or her spiritual DNA

Sunday, 18 June, 2017 – Corpus Christi Mass at the Roman Basilica of St John Lateran (CNA/EWTN News)

Christians love, but they are not always loved; and in a greater or lesser degree, the confession of faith always takes place in a climate of hostility. Christians, then, live their lives filled with love. As sheep among wolves, they must be prudent, and even at times cunning. But they must never resort to violence. To overcome evil, one cannot share the methods of evil.

28 June, 2017 – General Audience, St Peter’s Square (The Holy See)