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Need a Silent Night? Entrust Your Busy Days to God, by Susan Klemond – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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By Susan Klemond, National Catholic Register, Dec. 22, 2025

Susan Klemond is a freelance writer living in West St. Paul, Minnesota, who writes news and feature articles for the Register, OSV Newsweekly and The Catholic Spirit, the archdiocesan paper for St. Paul-Minneapolis. She also has worked in marketing, editing and magazine production.

 

Christmas busyness can leave us frazzled and spiritually empty — unless we learn to pause and keep God in the conversation.

Susan KlemondAmy Grant’s 2008 song, “I Need a Silent Night,” resonates with those of us who feel frazzled at this time of year. Unlike many of her soft Christmas ballads, this song is an anthem of the tired and overextended at holiday time: I’ve made the same mistake before:

Too many malls, too many stores December traffic, Christmas rush It breaks me till I push and shove

Malls have mostly given way to online shopping, but I don’t think Amy’s desire for peace in the busyness of the season is any less relevant:

I need a silent night, a holy night To hear an angel voice through the chaos and the noise I need a midnight clear, a little peace right here To end this crazy day with a silent night

When I’m tired from forging ahead with a long to-do list, I’m especially prone to sinning against patience and charity. …

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