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Pope Francis Angelus 2022:
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Angelus, 23 October 2022 Angelus Video, Video (American Sign Language). Angelus Text. Extracts: See “Mass Readings, Past Homilies and Angelus”.
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Angelus, 16 October 2022 Angelus Video, Video (American Sign Language). Angelus Text. Extracts: See “Mass Readings, Past Homilies and Angelus”.
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Angelus, 9 October 2022 Angelus Video (American Sign Language), Angelus Text. Extract: See “Mass Readings, Past Homilies and Angelus”.
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Angelus, 2 October 2022 Angelus Video, Video (American Sign Language), Text. Mass Readings, Past Homilies and Angelus Extracts: I deeply deplore the grave situation that has arisen in recent days, with further actions contrary to the principles of international law. It increases the risk of nuclear escalation, giving rise to fears of uncontrollable and catastrophic consequences worldwide.
My appeal is addressed first and foremost to the President of the Russian Federation, imploring him to stop this spiral of violence and death, also for the sake of his own people. On the other hand, saddened by the immense suffering of the Ukrainian people as a result of the aggression they have suffered, I address an equally confident appeal to the President of Ukraine to be open to serious proposals for peace. I urge all the protagonists of international life and the political leaders of nations to do everything possible to bring an end to the war, without allowing themselves to be drawn into dangerous escalations, and to promote and support initiatives for dialogue. Please let the younger generations breathe the salutary air of peace, not the polluted air of war, which is madness!
After seven months of hostilities, let us use all diplomatic means, even those that may not have been used so far, to bring an end to this terrible tragedy. War in itself is an error and a horror!
Let us trust in the mercy of God, who can change hearts, and in the maternal intercession of the Queen of Peace, as we raise our Supplication to Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompei, spiritually united with the faithful gathered at her Shrine and in so many parts of the world. Pope Francis I (Angelus, 2 October 2022)
PASTORAL VISIT TO MATERA FOR THE CONCLUSION OF THE 27th NATIONAL EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS Angelus, 25 September 2022 Extracts: See “Mass Readings, Past Homilies and Angelus”.
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Angelus, 18 September 2022 Angelus Video, Video (American Sign Language), Text. Extracts: See “Mass Readings, Past Homilies and Angelus”. 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Angelus, 11 September 2022 Angelus Video, Video (American Sign Language ). Text. Extracts: See “Mass Readings, Past Homilies and Angelus”.
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C, 4 September 2022 Holy Mass of Beatification of Pope Blessed John Paul I and Angelus Extracts: See “Mass Readings, Past Homilies and Angelus”.
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C, 28 August 2022 PASTORAL VISIT OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS TO L’AQUILA Extracts: See “Mass Readings, Past Homilies and Angelus”.
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Angelus, 21 August 2022 Video, Video (American Sign Language). Text. Extracts: See “Mass Readings, Past Homilies and Angelus”.
Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Angelus, 15 August 2022 Video, Video (American Sign Language). Text. Extracts: See “Mass Readings, Past Homilies and Angelus”.
20th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Angelus, 14 August 2022 Video, Video (American Sign Language). Text. Extracts: See “Mass Readings, Past Homilies and Angelus”.
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Angelus, 7 August 2022 Video, Video (American Sign Language). Angelus Text. Extracts: See “Mass Readings, Past Homilies and Angelus”.
18th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Angelus, 31 July 2022 Video, Video (American Sign Language). Angelus Text. Extracts: See this page “Mass Readings, Past Homilies and Angelus”. 8-)
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Angelus, 17 July 2022 Video, Video (American Sign Language). Text. Extracts: See this page “Mass Readings, Past Homilies and Angelus”. 8-)
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Angelus, 10 July 2022 Video, Video (American Sign Language). Text. Extracts: See this page “Mass Readings, Past Homilies and Angelus”.
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 3 July 2022 Angelus video (American Sign Language), Text. Extracts: See this page on Mass Readings, Past Homilies and Angelus.
Solemnity of Saints Peter & Paul, 29 June 2022 Angelus video (American Sign Language), Text. Extracts: See this page on Mass Readings, Past Homilies and Angelus.
X WORLD MEETING OF FAMILIES 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Angelus, 26 June 2022 Extracts: See this page on Mass Readings, Past Homilies and Angelus.
Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ Angelus, 19 June 2022 Video, Video (American Sign Language). Angelus Text. Mass Readings, Past Homilies and Angelus Extracts: The crowd is satisfied because of the abundance of food and also because of the joy and amazement of having received it from Jesus! We certainly need to nourish ourselves, but we also need to be satisfied, to know that the nourishment is given to us out of love. In the Body and Blood of Christ, we find his presence, his life given for each of us. He not only gives us help to go forward, but he gives us himself – he makes himself our traveling companion, he enters into our affairs, he visits us when we are lonely, giving us back a sense of enthusiasm. This satisfies us, when the Lord gives meaning to our life, our obscurities, our doubts; he sees the meaning, and this meaning that the Lord gives satisfies us. This gives us that “more” that everyone is looking for – namely, the presence of the Lord! For in the warmth of his presence, our lives change. Without him, everything would truly be grey. Adoring the Body and Blood of Christ, let us ask him with our heart: “Lord, give me that daily bread to go forward, Lord, satisfy me with your presence!” Pope Francis I (Angelus, 19 June 2022)
Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, Year C 12 June 2022 Angelus Video, Video (American Sign Language). Text. Mass Readings, Past Homilies and Regina Caeli
Palm Sunday, Year C 10 April 2022 Angelus Video, Video (American Sign Language). Text. Mass Readings, Past Homilies and Regina Caeli
5th Sunday of Lent, Year C 3 April 2022 Angelus Video, Video (American Sign Language). Text. Mass Readings, Past Homilies and Regina Caeli.
4th Sunday of Lent, Year C, 27 March 2022 Angelus video (American Sign Language, Text). Mass Readings, Past Homilies and Angelus
3rd Sunday of Lent, Year C, 20 March 2022 Angelus video (American Sign Language, Text). Mass Readings, Past Homilies and Angelus.
2nd Sunday of Lent, Year C, 13 March 2022 Angelus video (American Sign Language, Text). Mass Readings, Past Homilies and Angelus.
1st Sunday of Lent, Year C, 6 March 2022 Angelus video (American Sign Language, Text). Mass Readings, Past Homilies and Angelus. Extracts: The devil does this with us: he often comes “with gentle eyes”, “with an angelic face”; he even knows how to disguise himself with sacred, apparently religious motives! If we give in to his flattery, we end up justifying our falsehood by disguising it with good intentions. For instance, how often we heard “I have done strange things, but I have helped the poor”; “I have taken advantage of my role – as a politician, a governor, a priest, a bishop – but also for good”; “I have given in to my instincts, but in the end, I did no harm to anyone”, these justifications, and so on, one after the other. Please: no compromises with evil! No dialogue with the devil! We must not enter into dialogue with temptation, we must not fall into that slumber of the conscience that makes us say: “But after all, it's not serious, everyone does it”! Let us look at Jesus, who does not seek accommodation, does not make agreements with evil. He opposes the devil with the Word of God, who is stronger than the devil, and thus overcomes temptation.
May this time of Lent also be a time of the desert for us. Let us take time for silence and prayer – just a little, it will do us good – in these spaces let us stop and look at what is stirring in our hearts, our inner truth, that which we know cannot be justified. Let us find inner clarity, placing ourselves before the Word of God in prayer, so that a positive fight against the evil that enslaves us, a fight for freedom, may take place within us. Pope Francis I (Angelus, 6 March 2022)
8th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C, 27 February 2022 Angelus video (American Sign Language, Text). Mass Readings, Past Homilies and Angelus.
7th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C, 20 February 2022 Angelus video (American Sign Language, Text). Mass Readings, Past Homilies and Angelus.
6th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C, 13 February 2022 Angelus video (American Sign Language, Text). Mass Readings, Past Homilies and Angelus.
5th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C, 6 February 2022 Angelus video (American Sign Language, Text). Mass Readings, Past Homilies and Angelus.
4th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C, 30 January 2022 Angelus video (American Sign Language, Text). Mass Readings, Past Homilies and Angelus.
3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C, 23 January 2022 Angelus video (American Sign Language, Text). Mass Readings, Past Homilies and Angelus.
2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Angelus, 16 January 2022 Video, Video (American Sign Language), Angelus Text. Mass Readings, Past Homilies and Angelus.
Feast of the Baptism of the Lord Angelus, 9 January 2022 Video , Video (American Sign Language), Angelus Text. Mass Readings, Past Homilies and Angelus.
Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord Angelus, 6 January 2022 Video, Video (American Sign Language) – not available. Angelus Text. Mass Readings, Past Homilies and Angelus.
Angelus, 2 January 2022 Many Countries celebrated the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord this day. Video, Video (American Sign Language), Angelus Text. Mass Readings, Past Homilies and Angelus.
Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God Angelus, 1 January 2022 Video, Video (American Sign Language). Angelus Text.
Pope Francis Angelus 2021:
Feast of the Holy Family Angelus, 26 December 2021 Video, Video (American Sign Language). Angelus Text. Mass Readings, Past Homilies and Angelus
4th Sunday of Advent, Year C Angelus, 19 December 2021 Video, Video (American Sign Language). Angelus Text. Mass Readings, Past Homilies and Angelus.
3rd Sunday of Advent, Year C Angelus, 12 December 2021 Video, Video (American Sign Language). Angelus Text. Mass Readings, Past Homilies and Angelus.
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Angelus, 8 December 2021 Video, Video (American Sign Language). Angelus Text.
1st Sunday of Advent, Year C November 28 2021 Angelus Pope Francis Video , Video (American Sign Language) , Text . Mass Readings, Past Homilies and Angelus Extracts: We need to be vigilant so that our daily life does not become routine, and, as Jesus says, so we are not burdened by life’s anxieties (cf. v. 34). So today is a good moment to ask ourselves: what weighs on my heart? What weighs on my spirit? What makes me go to sit in the lazy chair? It is sad to see Christians “in the armchair”! What are the mediocrities that paralyze me, the vices that crush me to the ground and prevent me from raising my head? And regarding the burdens that weigh on the shoulders of our brothers and sisters, am I aware of them or indifferent to them? These are good questions to ask ourselves, because they help guard our hearts against apathy… And let us add an essential ingredient: the secret to being vigilant is prayer. In fact, Jesus says: “Be vigilant at all times and pray” (Luke 21:36). Prayer is what keeps the lamp of the heart lit. This is especially true when we feel that our enthusiasm has cooled down. Prayer re-lights it, because it brings us back to God, to the center of things. Prayer reawakens the soul from sleep and focuses it on what matters, on the purpose of existence. Even during our busiest days, we must not neglect prayer. The prayer of the heart can be helpful for us, repeating often brief invocations. For example, during Advent, we could make a habit of saying, “Come, Lord Jesus.” Only these words, but repeating them: “Come, Lord Jesus”. This time of preparation leading to Christmas is beautiful: we think of the nativity scene and Christmas, so let us say from the heart: “Come, Lord Jesus”. Let us repeat this prayer all throughout the day: the soul will remain vigilant! “Come, Lord Jesus”, is a prayer we can all say together three times. “Come, Lord Jesus”, “Come, Lord Jesus”, “Come, Lord Jesus”. Pope Francis I (Angelus, 28 November 2021)
Solemnity of Christ the King November 21 2021 Angelus Pope Francis Video , Video (American Sign Language) , Text . Mass Readings, Past Homilies and Angelus Extracts: Jesus not only fled from seeking any earthly greatness, but he also makes the hearts of those who follow him free and sovereign. Dear brothers and sisters, he frees us from being subject to evil. His Kingdom is liberating, there is nothing oppressive about it… Jesus’ freedom derives from the truth. It is truth that makes us free (cf. John 8:32). But the truth of Jesus is not an idea, something abstract: the truth of Jesus is a reality, it is He himself who made the truth within us that frees us from the fabrications and falsity that we have inside, from doublespeak. Being with Jesus, we become true. The life of a Christian is not a play in which you can don the mask that best suits you. For when Jesus reigns in the heart, he frees it from hypocrisy, he frees it from subterfuge, from duplicity. The best proof that Christ is our king is detachment from what pollutes life, makes it ambiguous, opaque, sad. When life is ambiguous – a bit here and there – it is sad, very sad. We must always face our limitations and defects, of course: we are all sinners. But when we live under the lordship of Jesus, we do not become corrupt, we do not become false, inclined to cover up the truth. We do not live double lives. Remember this well: all of us are sinners, yes; corrupt, never, never. Sinners, yes; corrupt, never. May the Madonna help us to seek every day the truth of Jesus, King of the Universe, who liberates us from earthly slavery and teaches us to govern our vices. Pope Francis I (Angelus, 21 November 2021)
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C November 14 2021 Angelus Pope Francis Video , Video (American Sign Language) , Text . Mass Readings, Past Homilies and Angelus Extracts: And now the question — when we read the Word of God, questions always arise — let us ask ourselves: what is the centre, what is the beating heart of the Word of God? In short, what is it that gives solidity to life, and will never end? Saint Paul tells us. The very centre, the beating heart, what gives solidity, is love: “Love never ends ” (1 Corinthians 13:8), says Saint Paul: love. Those who do good, are investing in eternity. When we see a person who is generous and helpful, meek, patient, who is not envious, does not gossip, who is not boastful, is not puffed-up with pride, who is not rude (cf. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7), this is a person who builds Heaven on earth. They may not be noticed or have a career, they will not make the news in the papers, and yet, what they do will not be lost because good is never lost, good lasts forever. The Word of God warns us today: this world will pass away. And only love will remain. To base one’s life on the Word of God, therefore, is not an escape from history, but an immersion into earthly realities in order to make them solid, to transform them with love, imprinting on them the sign of eternity, the sign of God. Here then is some advice for making important choices. When I do not know what to do, how to make a definitive choice, an important decision, a decision that involves Jesus’ love, what must I do? Before deciding, let us imagine that we are standing in front of Jesus, as at the end of life, before he who is love. And imagining ourselves there, in his presence, at the threshold of eternity, we make the decision for today. We must decide in this way: always looking to eternity, looking at Jesus. It may not be the easiest, it may not be the most immediate, but it will be the right one (cf. Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Spiritual Exercises, 187), that is certain. Pope Francis I (Angelus, 14 November 2021)
32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B November 7 2021 Angelus Prayer Pope Francis Video , Video (American Sign Language) , Text . Mass Readings, Past Homilies and Angelus Extracts: Jesus watches the two scenes. And it is this very verb — “to watch” — that sums up his teaching: “we must watch out for” those who live their faith with duplicity, like the scribes, so as not to become like them; whereas we must “watch” the widow, and take her as a model. Let us reflect on this: to watch out for hypocrites and to watch the poor widow.
First of all, to watch out for hypocrites, that is, to be careful not to base our life on the cult of appearances, the external, and the exaggerated care of one’s own image. And most importantly, to be careful not to bend faith around our own interests. In the name of God, those scribes covered-up their own vainglory, and even worse, they used religion to conduct their own affairs, abusing their authority and exploiting the poor. Here we see that very bad attitude that we still see in many places today, clericalism, this being above the humble, exploiting them, “beating” them, considering oneself perfect. This is the evil of clericalism. This is a warning for all time and for everyone, Church and society: never take advantage of one’s role to crush others, never make money off the backs of the weakest! And to watch out so as not to fall into vanity, so as not to be fixated on appearances, losing what is essential and living superficially.
And in order to heal this illness, Jesus invites us to watch the poor widow. The Lord denounces the exploitation of this woman, who, in making her offering, must return home without even the little she had to live on. How important it is to free the sacred from ties with money! Jesus had already said it elsewhere: you cannot serve two masters. Either you serve God — and we think he will say “or the devil”, no — either God or money. He is a master, and Jesus says we must not serve him. But, at the same time, Jesus praises the fact that this widow puts all she has into the treasury. She has nothing left, but finds her everything in God. She is not afraid of losing the little she has because she trusts in God’s abundance, and God’s abundance multiplies the joy of those who give. Pope Francis I (Angelus, 7 November 2021)
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