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3 ARCHDIOCESE OF DENVER | THE YEAR OF ST. JOSEPH edition of the Denver Catholic for your own life as you contemplate St. Joseph's actions. The Holy Father observes that "Joseph was the man chosen by God to guide the beginnings of the history of redemption. He was the true 'miracle' by which God saves the child and his mother. God acted by trusting in Joseph's creative courage" to find a place for Mary to give birth, to provide for the family in Egypt and certainly numerous other instances the Scrip- tures did not record (Cf. PC, 4). I hope you use the articles in this magazine to contem- plate how St. Joseph was "creatively courageous" in the face of difficulty, as Pope Francis puts it. This beautiful trib- ute magazine can be read and reread throughout this year. Let it sit on your coffee table and encourage others to pick it up, read, pray and reflect with it. Please also consider putting your own courage into action, like St. Joseph, and make a gift to the Archbishop's Catholic Appeal that introduces Christ into the lives of the people of northern Colorado. The appeal feeds those who are hungry for both food and spiritual nourishment. It also shelters those in need of a safe place to sleep like our Holy Family sought protection in Bethlehem. Your gift funds more than 40 ministries that help secure our faith for the future and keep Christ's message alive with action. And so, in this year dedicated to St. Joseph, we look to him for his example of trust, obedience, creative courage, and protection in our own times. St. Joseph, pray for us! In this year dedicated to St. Joseph, we look to him for his example of trust, obedience, creative courage, and protection in our own times. St. Joseph, pray for us!