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THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF METUCHEN
DECEMBER 19, 2024 • VOL. 29 NO. 11
Hope in a manger “Hope … is a gift and a task for every Christian. It is a gift because it is God who offers it to us. … To hope, then, is to welcome this gift that God offers us every day. To hope is to savour the wonder of being loved, sought, desired by a God who has not shut Himself away in His impenetrable heavens but has made Himself flesh and blood, history and days, to share our lot.” ~ An excerpt from Pope Francis’ new book, “A Light in the Night: Meditations on Hope,” published in light of Jubilee 2025, dedicated to the theme “Pilgrims of Hope.”
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