Salt and Light TV brings us the homily of Pope Francis at his inaugural Mass with English translation, embedded below. Today is the Solemnity of St. Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary. (Today’s Readings at USCCB.) Pope Francis spoke on the “protector” status of St. Joseph and the duty of each of us to be protectors of all creation, but particularly those who are most vulnerable. Prior to Mass, he gave us a personal example in stopping the popemobile to bless a disabled man.
Here are some tweets about Pope Francis’ homily today.
Pope’s inaugural homily: standing – no miter.
— Rocco Palmo (@roccopalmo) March 19, 2013
Pope delivers homily in Italian standing at lectern.
— Catholic News Svc (@CatholicNewsSvc) March 19, 2013
Very moved by Pope Francis’s beautiful homily about St. Joseph and the call to service. Honored to cover the Mass with @abc. Habemus papam!
— James Martin, SJ (@JamesMartinSJ) March 19, 2013
Pope Francis called for the protection of the weakest in his inaugural homily today and warned against Herods of our day!
— Frank Pavone (@frfrankpavone) March 19, 2013
“Be protectors of God’s gifts!” – Pope Francis during homily
— Salt + Light (@saltandlighttv) March 19, 2013
#Pope Francis earns applause when he says “let us never forget that authentic power is service” in homily at #Vatican
— Patricia Thomas (@MozzarellaMamma) March 19, 2013
Pope Francis’s Inaugural Mass Homily – Full Text |Blogs | NCRegister.com ncregister.com/blog/edward-pe… #NCRegister
— Edward Pentin (@edwardpentin) March 19, 2013
Moved by the Pope’s repeated use of the word “tenderness” in his homily.It’s not a word often associated with Catholicism, but should be.
— James Martin, SJ (@JamesMartinSJ) March 19, 2013
POPE: Don’t ‘be afraid of goodness, or even tenderness …’ drudge.tw/ZPHzLh #PopeFrancis #Catholic
— Fr. George Mabura (@Fr_iMabura) March 19, 2013
Pope’s Homily during Inauguration Mass: True Power comes with Service bit.ly/WC23uw
— ROME REPORTS (@romereports) March 19, 2013
#PopeFrancis’ homily at inauguration Mass: “Let us be protectors of creation” shar.es/exl5c via @sharethis
— Deacon Greg Kandra (@DeaconsBench) March 19, 2013
“@morninganna: full text of pope francis’ beautiful homily today. en.radiovaticana.va/news/2013/03/1…”
— Archbishop Kurtz (@ArchbishopKurtz) March 19, 2013
Lovely homily. May God bless and keep you Pope Francis, in your service of caring for all the Churches.
— Charles, OFM Cap. (@FrCharles) March 19, 2013
#PopeFrancis brief homily, powerful, pastoral and fully on script. Pope wants us to serve, be vulnerable, embrace the cross.
— Elizabeth Scalia (@TheAnchoress) March 19, 2013
“Let us protect Christ in our lives so that we can protect others” – Pope Francis during his homily
— USCCB (@USCCB) March 19, 2013
In homily, #pope says ‘God doesn’t want house built by men, but faithfulness to his word, plan.’ God builds the house w/living stones
— Catholic News Svc (@CatholicNewsSvc) March 19, 2013
