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Today's Readings
- First Sunday of Advent
  
  Reading 1 IS 63:16B-17, 19B; 64:2-7
  Responsorial Psalm PS 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19
  Reading II 1 COR 1:3-9
  Gospel MK 13:33-37
News From the Beacon
- Gratitude, meeting with the U.S. bishops, NCYC, and more
  
  November 30
  
  Join Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney and Communications Director Jai Agnish for episode 33 of Beyond The Beacon, a podcast of the Diocese of Paterson, N.J. Bishop Sweeney gave a Thanksgiving message and reflected on what he is grateful for.
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- Green Pond parish celebrates Thanksgiving with Bishop Sweeney
  
  November 30
  
  The faith community of St. Simon the Apostle Parish in the Green Pond neighborhood of Rockaway Township welcomed Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney on Nov. 23 for Thanksgiving Day Mass.
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- Priests thanked for service by Knights of Columbus at ‘Pride in Our Priests’ dinner
  
  November 30
  
  The Paterson Diocese Federation Knights of Columbus honored priests on Nov. 20 at its annual “Pride in Our Priests” dinner at Hanover Manor.
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News from the Vatican
- For second week in a row, ailing Pope speaks from private residence
  
  Pope Francis on Sunday recited his traditional Angelus address from his residence rather than Saint Peter’s Square in order to avoid changing temperatures as he continues treatment for lung...
- In COP-28 message, Pope insists climate change is a ‘religious problem’
  
  Though absent from COP28 in Dubai due to his health, Pope Francis sent a message for the inauguration of the first-ever Faith Pavilion at a United Nations climate event, stressing the responsibility...
- Don’t ignore us: Backed by pope, poorer nations use COP28 summit to press rich world on climate
  
  Countries once colonized by empires are striking back on global warming — and they have the pope’s blessing.
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- A College Student’s Guide To Advent
  
  As I walked from the campus library to my dorm with my roommate, we discussed our plans for the weekend. It was a temperate December day in Southwest Florida at Ave Maria University. “Don’t forget!...
- The Gestation Of Advent: The Wait Of Hopeful Longing For The Coming Of The Messiah
  
  Expectant waiting. This is a notion– when considered through the lens of modernity– that seems like a foreign concept from the days of yore. The world is available at the slight extension of the...
- What Creed Do You Live By? Be Dangerous & Make A Stand!
  
  The following is an excerpt from 12 Rules For Manliness | Where Have All the Cowboys Gone Be Dangerous – Make a Stand “Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.” 1 Cor 16:13 “
- How To Celebrate Advent And Learn To Wait With Kids
  
  Advent: the season most Catholics would like to honor more appropriately but find it difficult to do so with the commercial Christmas creeping in all around. But when we do celebrate Advent it is...
- Catholic Music Spotlight: Advent Songs With Angelic Voices
  
  You could listen to Michael Bublé and Mariah Carey to get you in the Christmas spirit. That might get you into a hot cocoa and snow angels mood, but “All I Want for Christmas is You” won’t prepare...