{"id":14636,"date":"2013-03-17T09:02:57","date_gmt":"2013-03-17T14:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/?p=14636"},"modified":"2017-01-24T17:20:36","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T22:20:36","slug":"pope-franciss-homily-today-at-st-annes-is-simply-beautiful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2013\/03\/pope-franciss-homily-today-at-st-annes-is-simply-beautiful.html","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis’s Homily Today at St. Anne’s is Simply Beautiful UPDATED"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Pope Francis is a great extemporaneous speaker. Here is the homily that he delivered today. Deacon Greg gives us a taste<\/a>, but below is the \u201cmust see\u201d video.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The readings can be found easily enough, as the story is the one that I shared back when Robert Downey Jr. asked us to forgive Mel Gibson<\/a>. The question of stoning the harlot caught in the act of adultery<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, I said we were blessed by the Holy Spirit with the selection of this man as our shepherd. Today I\u2019ll say what I should have said then. Stony hearts cannot listen to Pope Francis, and not be softened. I know this, because he makes my heart melt.<\/p>\n<p>Somehow I believe this same effect is why <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2011\/10\/crispin-and-crispian-for-all-the-saints.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">St. Francis of Assisi was able to meet the Sultan<\/a>, and walk away with his life intact.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE:<\/p>\n<p>Allison Salerno shares a clip of Pope Francis greeting the faithful: <a href=\"http:\/\/ramblingfollower.blogspot.com\/2013\/03\/if-you-watch-nothing-else-today-please.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">If You Watch Nothing Else Today, Please Watch This<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Francis is a great extemporaneous speaker. Here is the homily that he delivered today. 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