In Your Eyes I See My Words

Pope Francis (Author) Pope Francis was born in Flores, Buenos Aires, Argentina, on December 17, 1936, entered the Society of Jesus at age twenty-one, and was ordained in 1969 with a degree in philosophy. He became auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires in 1992, archbishop in 1998, and cardinal in 2001. He was elected as the first Jesuit pope on March 13, 2013. Antonio Spadaro (Edited By) Antonio Spadaro, S.J., is editor of the review La Civiltà Cattolica and teaches at the Pontifical Gregorian University. Patrick J. Ryan (Foreword By) Patrick J. Ryan, S.J., is the Laurence J. McGinley Professor of Religion and Society at Fordham University. Marina A. Herrera (Translator) Marina A. Herrera is co-editor, translator, and writer for La Fe Viva, daily biblical devotions for Creative Communications for the Parish.

Foreword by Patrick J. Ryan, S.J.

Introduction by Antonio Spadaro, S.J.

Translator’s Notes by Marina A. Hererra

List of Abbreviations



2009

The Meaning and Importance of Academic Preparation

Address to the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America— February 18, 2009

To Fast Is to Love

Homily, Ash Wednesday—February 25, 2009

Our Country Has a Believing Soul

Message to His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI on the Occasion of the Ad Limina Visit of the First Group of Argentine Bishops, Vatican City—March 14, 2009

We Are Anointed to Anoint

Homily, Chrism Mass—April 9, 2009

The Stone Has Been Moved

Homily, Easter Vigil—April 11, 2009, Year B (Transcript)

Open Your Heart to the Light

Homily, Education Mass—April 22, 2009 (Transcript)

The Spirit Makes Us Missionaries

Homily, Opening Mass of the Ninety-Seventh Episcopal Assembly—May 11, 2009, Monday of the Fifth Week of Easter, Year B

What Do You Want Me to Do?

Letter to Priests on the Solemnity of Pentecost—May 31, 2009, Year B

We Recover the Memory of His Love

Homily, Solemnity of Corpus Christi—June 13, 2009, Year B

The Mission of the Disciples in the Service of Full Life

Keynote, Meeting of Argentina Liturgical Society, Pilar—June 15, 2009

“With Saint Cajetan We Seek Justice, Bread, and Work”

Homily, Feast of Saint Cajetan––August 7, 2009

“Cry Out Full-Throated and Unsparingly”

Homily at Plaza Constitución—September 4, 2009 (Transcript)

It Is Urgent to Build and Establish the Culture of Encounter

Opening Address, Twelfth Annual Day of Social Pastoral Ministry, Shrine of Saint Cajetan in Liniers—September 19, 2009 (Transcript)

To Repay the Social Debt

Opening Address at the Seminar on the Social Debt Organized by EPOCA –– September 30, 2009

Mother, Your Gaze Renews Our Hope

Homily, Thirty-Fifth Youth Pilgrimage to Luján—October 4, 2009 (Transcript)

To Purify the Temple

Homily, Opening Mass of the Ninety-Eighth Assembly of the Episcopal Conference—November 9, 2009

He Is the One Who Will Give Definitive Meaning to Your Suffering, Your Pain

Homily, Fifth Anniversary of the República Cromañón Tragedy—December 30, 2009 (Transcript)



2010

A Christian Heart Is Never on Vacation

Homily, Mass for the Victims of the Earthquake in Haiti—January 17, 2010 (Transcript)

Habituation Is a Brake, a Callus That Imprisons the Soul

Lenten Act of Solidarity—February 17, 2010

Empty Your Hearts. Make Room for Our Lord to Enter

Homily, Ash Wednesday—February 17, 2010, (Transcript)

Priestly Formation Today: Intellectual, Communitarian, Apostolic, and Spiritual Dimensions

Presentation at the Commemoration of the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of La Encarnación Seminary, City of Resistencia—March 25, 2010

Our God Came to Become Patient for My Sins

Homily, Palm Sunday Mass, San José de Flores Basilica—March 27, 2010, Year C (Transcript)

Consecrated through Anointing

Homily, Chrism Mass—April 1, 2010, Year C

Why Do You Seek the Living One among the Dead?

Homily, Easter Vigil—April 3, 2010, Year C (Transcript)

Teach Children the Ability to Dream

Homily, Mass for Educators, Metropolitan Cathedral—April 14, 2010 (Transcript)

The Homeland Is a Gift That We Must Grow in the Present and Project into the Future

Words at the Opening Mass of the Plenary Assembly of the Argentina Episcopal Conference—April 19, 2010

Let Us Recover the Memory of Our Mother and Ask Her Not to Abandon Us

Celebration of the Bicentennial at Luján—May 8, 2010

The Priest in the City in Light of the Aparecida Document

Presentation to the Priests from San Isidro—May 18, 2010

“I Am with You Always, Until the End of the Age”

Homily, Solemnity of Corpus Christi—June 5, 2010, Year C

We Cannot Make Equal What Is Different

Letter to Dr. Justo Carbajales, Director of Laity Department, Argentina Episcopal Conference—July 5, 2010

If We Wash Our Hands, We Are Accomplices to This Slavery

Homily, Mass at the Constitution Railway Station for the Victims of Human Trafficking—July 12, 2010 (Transcript)

We Walk with Faith, Praying for Your Protection

Homily, Feast of Saint Cajetan—August 7, 2010

We Need Witnesses More Than Teachers

Letter to Catechists—August 21, 2010

“Mother, We Desire a Homeland for All”

Homily on the Thirty-Sixth Pilgrimage to the Shrine at Luján—October 3, 2010

Toward a Bicentennial of Justice and Solidarity: We as Citizens, We as a People

Keynote Address, Thirteenth Archdiocesan Day for Social Ministry, Buenos Aires, October 16, 2010

To Die Is to Place Oneself in His Hands

Homily, Memorial Mass for Dr. Néstor Kirchner—October 27, 2010 (Transcript)

We Are Called to Live as Children with a Meek Heart

Homily, Opening Mass of the One Hundredth Assembly of the Episcopal Conference, Pilar—November 8, 2010

He Will Come a Second Time

Homily, Christmas Mass—December 24, 2010, Year A (Transcript)

2011

Ironing out the Wrinkles of the Heart

Homily, Ash Wednesday—March 9, 2011 (Transcript)

The Fast That God Wants

Lenten Act of Solidarity—March 9, 2011

Mary Receives and Accompanies Life

Homily, Mass for Life—March 25, 2011 (Transcript)

They Were Killed by Slave Labor

Homily, Mass in Memory of the Victims of Slave Labor, Five Years after the Fire in the Clandestine Workshop at 1269 Luis Viale Street—March 27, 2011 (Transcript)

The Truth That Shines Brightest Is the Truth of the Father’s Mercy

Homily, Chrism Mass—April 21, 2011

Beyond the Grave There Is Always Hope

Homily, Easter Vigil—April 23, 2011, Year A

Do Not Fear Joy

Homily, Mass of Thanksgiving for the Beatification of Pope John Paul II—May 1, 2011 (Transcript)

A Proposal for Justice and Love to a Disillusioned World

Homily, Closing Mass during the National Congress on the Social Teaching of the Church, Rosario—May 8, 2011

Together with Mary, the Woman Who “Is There”

Homily, Opening Mass for the 102nd Assembly of the Argentina Episcopal Conference, Pilar —May 9, 2011

Humility Rekindles Our Confidence

Homily, Solemn Te Deum on National Day—May 25, 2011

We Share the “Salt of Life”

Homily, Solemnity of Corpus Christi—June 25, 2011, Year A

Joy Is Rooted When We Get down to Work

Homily, Feast of Saint Cajetan—August 7, 2011

God Lives in the City

Opening Address to the First Regional Congress on Urban Ministry—August 25, 2011

Teach Us to Strive so That This City Will Have No More Slaves

Homily, Fourth Mass for the Victims of Human Trafficking and Smuggling, Plaza Constitución—September 23, 2011 (Transcript)

“Mother, Help Us to Care for Life”

Homily, Thirty-Seventh Walking Youth Pilgrimage to Luján—October 2, 2011 (Transcript)

Everything Is Grace, Tangible Grace Shed for Love

Homily, Opening Mass for the 103rd Assembly of the Argentina Episcopal Conference, Pilar—November 7, 2011

The Spirit of Christmas

Opinion Piece for La Nación—Friday, December 23, 2011

If We Do Not Feel Marginalized, We Are Not Invited

Homily, Christmas Mass—December 24, 2011

2012

To Combat Habituation, Return to the Roots of Faith

Lenten Message—February 22, 2012

Welcome Life Not in Luxury Packaging

Homily at the Archdiocesan Catechetical Encounter (EAC)—March 3, 2012 (Transcript)

We Ask for the Grace to Cry

Homily, at Month’s Mind Mass after Train Tragedy of the Once Station—March 23, 2012 (Transcript)

Remain in the Anointing

Homily, Chrism Mass—April 5, 2012

This Night Shall Be as Bright as Day

Homily, Easter Vigil—April 7, 2012, Year B

Let Us Accompany the Harmony of a Growing Heart

Homily, Mass for Education—April 18, 2012 (Transcript)

Reciprocal and Radical Faith Is the Fruit of Love

Homily, Solemn Te Deum on National Day—May 25, 2012

We Make Room for Everyone to Enter

Homily, Solemnity of Corpus Christi—June 9, 2012, Year B

We Carry with Us Only What We Gave

Homily, Shrine of Saint Cajetan—August 7, 2012

Open All the Doors to Faith

Letter to Catechists—August 21, 2012

Keep Yourselves Unstained by the World

Homily, Closing Mass for Urban Ministry Day in the Buenos Aires Region—September 2, 2012 (Transcript)

Where Is Your Enslaved Brother?

Homily, Fifth Mass for the Victims of Human Trafficking and Smuggling, Plaza Constitución—September 25, 2012 (Transcript)

Crossing the Threshold of Faith

Letter to the Priests, Consecrated Men and Women, and Lay Faithful of the Archdiocese, Feast of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus—October 1, 2012

Mother, Teach Us to Work for Justice

Homily, Thirty-Eighth Youth Pilgrimage to Luján—October 7, 2012 (Transcript)

2013

Rend Your Hearts, Not Your Garments

Lenten Message, Buenos Aires—February 13, 2013

Allow Yourself to Be Reconciled with God

Homily, Ash Wednesday—February 13, 2013 (Transcript)

Remain in the Anointing

Homily, Chrism Mass—March 28, 2013



Index of Scriptural References

General Index