Pope Francis' Daily Homilies

[McCall1981]

Will they ever post the full texts and not just little snippets distilled through news reports? Surely our Holy Father’s words can speak for themselves.

They record the full text of all of them, and this person is collecting them all here, as full texts:

drive.google.com/folderview?..TA&usp=sharing

I don’t know why they are typicaly released edited and with commentary, I wish they were simply full text too. I read that the homilies get reviewed before they are published, so that the Pope can feel free to speak off the cuff, without having to worry about accidentially misspeaking.

 

[AndyP2010]

I checked out that site and they are not all full text. Sunday homilies and Wednesday audiences and special events get full text not these dailies.

Homily 5/3/13
Invitees : Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli, president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications and mass was attended by the Pontifical Swiss Guard with their commander Daniel Rudolf Anrig.
Reading : 1 Cor 15:1-8
Gospel : John 14: 6-14

"When the Church loses courage, the Church enters into a ‘lukewarm’ atmosphere. The lukewarm, lukewarm Christians, without courage … That hurts the Church so much, because this tepid atmosphere draws you inside, and problems arise among us; we no longer have the horizon, or courage to pray towards heaven, or the courage to proclaim the Gospel. We are lukewarm … We have the courage to get involved in our small things in our jealousies, our envy, our careerism, in selfishly going forward … In all these things, but this is not good for the Church: the Church must be courageous! We all have to be courageous in prayer, in challenging Jesus!".

 

[McCall1981]

I checked out that site and they are not all full text. Sunday homilies and Wednesday audiences and special events get full text not these dailies.

Homily 5/3/13
Invitees : Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli, president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications and mass was attended by the Pontifical Swiss Guard with their commander Daniel Rudolf Anrig.
Reading : 1 Cor 15:1-8
Gospel : John 14: 6-14

Oh, sorry, I guess they are as “full text” as is available.

 

[JReducation]

May 2, 2013 homily.
In attendance: Cardinal Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige, the Archbishop of Colombo Sri Lanka, and staff from the Vatican Museums.
Reading : ACTS 15:7-21
Gospel : John 15: 9-11

This is very powerful.

I also love his statement about having the courage to challenge Jesus.

 

[McCall1981]

I also love his statement about having the courage to challenge Jesus.

I was a little confused by this part, what do you think he is saying here?

 

[JReducation]

I was a little confused by this part, what do you think he is saying here?

That’s the religious coming out in our dear pope. In religious life, part of our spirituality is grounded in the fact that we are brothers and sisters to Christ who is the firstborn, but not the last. As firstborn, it is his role to lead, guide and protect. This is the role of the highest ranking brother or sister in a religious community. One has the same right with Jesus as one has with one’s superior. We challenge by calling on him frequently and becoming dependent on him.

The human tendency is to become too self-sufficient. This is the opposite. Is that helpful?

 

[McCall1981]

That’s the religious coming out in our dear pope. In religious life, part of our spirituality is grounded in the fact that we are brothers and sisters to Christ who is the firstborn, but not the last. As firstborn, it is his role to lead, guide and protect. This is the role of the highest ranking brother or sister in a religious community. One has the same right with Jesus as one has with one’s superior. We challenge by calling on him frequently and becoming dependent on him.

The human tendency is to become too self-sufficient. This is the opposite. Is that helpful?

Thats great, thank you

 

[markomalley]

I checked out that site and they are not all full text. Sunday homilies and Wednesday audiences and special events get full text not these dailies.

Homily 5/3/13
Invitees : Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli, president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications and mass was attended by the Pontifical Swiss Guard with their commander Daniel Rudolf Anrig.
Reading : 1 Cor 15:1-8
Gospel : John 14: 6-14

Chances are, the full text of the actual homilies won’t be published. Per Father Lombardi:

*Una novità che balza all’occhio è la celebrazione della messa mattutina nella cappella dentro santa Marta. A tale proposito padre Lombardi ha detto che il Papa non desidera che le sue omelie siano pubblicate. Vuole poter conservare la sua spontaneità di parola e di riflessione senza dover pensare che quanto dice debba essere stampato.
*I can appreciate those desires. And, so, I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting on them to be published in the Acte Sanctae Sedis.

Frankly, the spontaneity that the Holy Father desires by being able to speak “off the cuff”, as it were, are what, in my mind, make those daily “fervorini” particularly special.

In light of that, we will probably have to make do with the synopses that are made available via Vatican Radio or Zenit.

 

[Lucky7]

Frankly, the spontaneity that the Holy Father desires by being able to speak “off the cuff”, as it were, are what, in my mind, make those daily “fervorini” particularly special.

I think the speaking off the cuff is courageous. It means he has not made numerous changes to what he has written before saying it.

 

[markomalley]

I think the speaking off the cuff is courageous. It means he has not made numerous changes to what he has written before saying it.

True. I have seen him talk plainly about death, hell, the devil, and evil more than I can recall ever hearing before (oh, to hear this in my parish on Sundays!).

This morning, he made the following statement in the daily Ferverino:

…With His death, His resurrection, He redeemed us from the power of the world, from the power of the devil, from the power of the prince of this world. The origin of the hate [we experience], then is this: that we are saved. It is that prince who does not want that we should have been saved, who hates.”

**Here then is the reason that the hatred and persecution continue from the early days of the Church even unto the present day. There are, “Many persecuted Christian communities in the world,” said Pope Francis, noting with bitterness, “indeed there are more persecuted communities in this time than in the early days: today, right now, in this day and in this hour.” Asking himself why this is the case, the Pope said, “Because the spirit of the world hates.” From this comes a perennially valid admonishment:

"There can be no dialogue with the prince of this world: let this be clear! Today, dialogue is necessary among us humans, it is necessary for peace. Dialogue is a habit, it is an attitude that we must have among us to feel and understand each other…and that [dialogue] must be maintained forever. Dialogue comes from charity, from love. But with that prince, it is impossible to dialogue: one can only respond with the Word of God who defends us, for the world hates us – and just as he did with Jesus, so will he do with us.**
How many of us compromise with the devil…even just a little bit. A little white lie here, an uncharitable thought there, a little harmless gossip over the fence…or whatever. (I’m not accusing anybody of anything…I just haven’t had the privilege of meeting all that many saints in my short time on this earth)

I’ll tell you, he is definitely calling me to a far, far higher standard than I, personally, have maintained with my life.

 

[McCall1981]

True. I have seen him talk plainly about death, hell, the devil, and evil more than I can recall ever hearing before (oh, to hear this in my parish on Sundays!).

This morning, he made the following statement in the daily Ferverino:

…With His death, His resurrection, He redeemed us from the power of the world, from the power of the devil, from the power of the prince of this world. The origin of the hate [we experience], then is this: that we are saved. It is that prince who does not want that we should have been saved, who hates.”

Here then is the reason that the hatred and persecution continue from the early days of the Church even unto the present day. There are, “Many persecuted Christian communities in the world,” said Pope Francis, noting with bitterness, “indeed there are more persecuted communities in this time than in the early days: today, right now, in this day and in this hour.” Asking himself why this is the case, the Pope said, “Because the spirit of the world hates.” From this comes a perennially valid admonishment:

"There can be no dialogue with the prince of this world: let this be clear! Today, dialogue is necessary among us humans, it is necessary for peace. Dialogue is a habit, it is an attitude that we must have among us to feel and understand each other…and that [dialogue] must be maintained forever. Dialogue comes from charity, from love. But with that prince, it is impossible to dialogue: one can only respond with the Word of God who defends us, for the world hates us – and just as he did with Jesus, so will he do with us.
How many of us compromise with the devil…even just a little bit. A little white lie here, an uncharitable thought there, a little harmless gossip over the fence…or whatever. (I’m not accusing anybody of anything…I just haven’t had the privilege of meeting all that many saints in my short time on this earth)

I’ll tell you, he is definitely calling me to a far, far higher standard than I, personally, have maintained with my life.

I like this one a lot

 

[Lormar]

Pope Francis went on to say that the Lord asks us to remain sheep, because if one decides to quit the fold, then he does not have, “a shepherd to defend him and he falls into the clutches of these wolves.”

 

[vames]

Hehe. This rhymes with the “shepherds living with the smell of the sheep”
thecatholictelegraph.com/pope-francis-priests-should-be-shepherds-living-with-the-smell-of-the-sheep/13439

 

[McCall1981]

It’s not a daily homily, but this is Pope Francis’ reflection on saying the Rosary:

ewtnnews.com/catholic-news/Vatican.php?id=7590

 

[AndyP2010]

Homily 5/4/13

"There can be no dialogue with the prince of this world: let this be clear! Today, dialogue is necessary among us humans, it is necessary for peace. Dialogue is a habit, it is an attitude that we must have among us to feel and understand each other…and that [dialogue] must be maintained forever. Dialogue comes from charity, from love. But with that prince, it is impossible to dialogue: one can only respond with the Word of God who defends us, for the world hates us – and just as he did with Jesus, so will he do with us. ‘Only look,’ he will say, ‘just do this one small little scam…it is a small matter, nothing really – and so he begins to lead us on a road that is slightly off. This is a pious lie: ‘Do it, do it, do it: there is no problem,’ and it begins little by little, always, no? Then [he says]: ‘But … you’re good, you’re a good person: You [get away with] it.’ It is flattering – and he softens us by flattery: and then, we fall into the trap.”

Pope Francis went on to say that the Lord asks us to remain sheep, because if one decides to quit the fold, then he does not have, “a shepherd to defend him and he falls into the clutches of these wolves.”

“You may ask the question,” continued Pope Francis, ‘Father, what is the weapon to defend against these seductions, from these blandishments, these enticements that the prince of this world offers?’. The weapon is the same weapon of Jesus, the Word of God - not dialogue - but always the Word of God, and then humility and meekness. We think of Jesus, when they give that slap: what humility! What meekness! He could have insulted him, no? One question, meek and humble. We think of Jesus in His Passion. His Prophet says: ‘As a sheep going to the slaughter.’ He does not cry out, not at all: humility. Humility and meekness. These are the weapons that the prince and spirit of this world does not tolerate, for his proposals are proposals for worldly power, proposals of vanity, proposals for ill-gotten riches.”

 

[McCall1981]

Pope Francis’ daily homily for 5/6/2013. The Holy Spirit opens our hearts to the Lord:

en.radiovaticana.va/news/2013/05/06/pope_francis:_the_holy_spirit_opens_our_hearts_to_the_lord/en1-689488

 

[jbshmm]

I am so thankful for our new Pope! Have been checking out his homily summaries on the CNA website every day on my PDA. I find them very inspirational, and as these match with the daily mass readings they fit wonderfully into daily prayer/reflection.

 

[AndyP2010]

Homily 05/08/13

ACTS 17:15, 22-18:1
John 16:12-15

“A Christian,” said Pope Francis, “must proclaim Jesus Christ in such a way that He be accepted: received, not refused – and Paul knows that he has to sow the Gospel message. He knows that the proclamation of Jesus Christ is not easy, but that it does not depend on him. He must do everything possible, but the proclamation of Jesus Christ, the proclamation of the truth, depends on the Holy Spirit. Jesus tells us in today’s Gospel: ‘When He shall come, the Spirit of truth, shall guide you into all the truth.’ Paul does not say to the Athenians: ‘This is the encyclopedia of truth. Study this and you have the truth, the truth.’ No! The truth does not enter into an encyclopedia. The truth is an encounter - it is a meeting with Supreme Truth: Jesus, the great truth. No one owns the truth. The we receive the truth when we meet [it].

But why did Paul act as he did? First, the Pope said, because “this is the way” of Jesus who “spoke with everyone” with sinners, publicans, teachers of the law. Paul, therefore, “follows the attitude of Jesus”:

“The Christian who would bring the Gospel must go down this road: [must] listen to everyone! But now is a good time in the life of the Church: the last 50 or 60 years have been a good time - for I remember when as a child one would hear in Catholic families, in my family, ‘No, we cannot go to their house, because they are not married in the Church, eh!’. It was as an exclusion. No, you could not go! Neither could we go to [the houses of] socialists or atheists. Now, thank God, people do not says such things, right? [Such an attitude] was a defense of the faith, but it was one of walls: the LORD made bridges. First: Paul has this attitude, because it was the attitude of Jesus. Second, Paul is aware that he must evangelize, not proselytize.

Citing his predecessor, Pope Benedict, Francis went on to say that the Church “does not grow by means of proselytizing," but “by attraction, by witnessing, by preaching,” and Paul had this attitude: proclamation does not make proselytization – and he succeeds, because, “he did not doubt his Lord.” The Pope warned that, “Christians who are afraid to build bridges and prefer to build walls are Christians who are not sure of their faith, not sure of Jesus Christ.” The Pope exhorted Christians to do as Paul did and begin to “build bridges and to move forward”:

 

[JReducation]

Did anyone read his homily on whining? It’s awesome. :yup:

 

[AndyP2010]

Did anyone read his homily on whining? It’s awesome. :yup:

You mean this one.

"Being patient: that is the path that Jesus also teaches us Christians. Being patient … This does not mean being sad. No, no, it’s another thing! This means bearing, carrying the weight of difficulties, the weight of contradictions, the weight of tribulations on our shoulders. This Christian attitude of bearing up: of being patient. That which is described in the Bible by a Greek word, that is so complete, Hypomoné, in life bearing ever day tasks; contradictions; tribulations, all of this. These - Paul and Silas - bear their tribulations, endure the humiliation: Jesus bore them, he was patience. This is a process - allow me this word ‘process’ - a process of Christian maturity, through the path of patience. A process that takes some time, that you cannot undergo from one day to another: it evolves over a lifetime arriving at Christian maturity. It is like a good wine. "

The Pope recalled that so many martyrs were joyful, such as the martyrs of Nagasaki who helped each other, as they “waited for the moment of death.” Pope Francis recalled it was of some martyrs that “they went to martyrdom” as if they were going to a “wedding party”. This attitude of endurance, he added, is a Christian’s normal attitude, but it is not a masochistic attitude. It is an attitude that leads them “along the path of Jesus”:

"When the difficulties arrive, so do temptations. For example, the complaint: 'Look what I have to deal with … a complaint. And a Christian who constantly complains, fails to be a good Christian: they become Mr. or Mrs. Whiner, no? Because they always complain about everything, right? Silence in endurance, silence in patience. That silence of Jesus: Jesus in His Passion did not speak much, only two or three necessary words … But it is not a sad silence: the silence of bearing the Cross is not a sad silence. It is painful, often very painful, but it is not sad. The heart is at peace. Paul and Silas were praying in peace. They were in pain, because then it is said that the jailer washed their wounds while they were in prison – they had wounds - but endured in peace. This journey of endurance helps us deepen Christian peace, it makes us stronger in Jesus. "

He has a way with words.