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14 DECEMBER 2025 - JANUARY 2026 | DENVER CATHOLIC DECEMBER 2025 - JANUARY 2026 | DENVER CATHOLIC 14 Really look at that gorgeous tree, how the soft lights radiate in the darkness and the shadows play on the walls. Listen to your daughter's voice. What a fascinating mind is shown by her young words! What a heart, both tender and brave, which seeks only to know and be known. What a blessing is that melodious cadence of her thoughts, which helps shape and enhance your home before it goes on to inspire the world! Feel that tiny mitten in your hand as you circle the ice rink with your toddler. Bask in the cool air brushing your cheeks. Breathe deeply of the incense at Mass and allow yourself to stop singing for a moment as you give your full attention to the atmosphere of the Christmas vigil. Let your shoulders relax. Even the rowdiest toddlers don't bother the Prince of Peace. This is the communion for which you and your family were made. This is where Heaven kisses earth. Release your subconscious planning and worrying. Let your children see their parent surrender to our infant Lord. Share a moment with your spouse over a hot chocolate, whether the kids have made it to bed or not. Make his voice or her eyes your whole world for these next precious minutes. Then, after all this, let that swelling joy overflow to others. Let that extravagant, grace-filled attention inspire a different way of engaging the holidays: truly listening to the stranger at the Christmas party, joining your children in squeals of delight as Santa passes by in the parade, inviting a friend to enjoy an extra cookie together and really reveling in the flavor and warmth. And when people ask what's different, why you seem lighter, more present, more content, delightedly share the reason for the hope within you: Jesus Christ.