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Push through the Awkward and Apologize - Blessed Is She

Push through the Awkward and Apologize

Therefore, if you bring your gift to the altar, and there recall that your brother has anything against you, leave your gift there at the altar, go first and be...
A Lenten Practice for Marriage and Family - Blessed Is She

A Lenten Practice for Marriage and Family

"The final battle between the Lord and the kingdom of Satan will be about marriage and the family." So said Sister Lucia, one of the seers at Fatima.   It does...
Awaken Love: The 2023 Prayer Pledge // Day 31 - Blessed Is She

Awaken Love: The 2023 Prayer Pledge // Day 31

On this last day of January 2023, we are sent forth in love.  The fruit of divine intimacy is not only our personal wholeness and holiness, but it spills over into...
Awaken Love: The 2023 Prayer Pledge // Day 30 - Blessed Is She

Awaken Love: The 2023 Prayer Pledge // Day 30

As we enter the final days of this year's Prayer Pledge, let's return to where we began. Our Faith declares that God's very being is love. 

Love is Who He is.

New Wine // The 2023 Lent Devotional for Catholic Women - Blessed Is She

New Wine // The 2023 Lent Devotional for Catholic Women

During this colder month, it can be difficult to imagine days in the desert. But give it a try. Lent will be here before we know it; and in Lent,...
Awaken Love: The 2023 Prayer Pledge // Day 1 - Blessed Is She

Awaken Love: The 2023 Prayer Pledge // Day 1

Happy new year, friend! As we still soak in the Christmas season while looking at the year ahead, we are thrilled to be stepping into 2023 with you, in prayer....
BIS Reads // Healed and Restored - Blessed Is She

BIS Reads // Healed and Restored

In the Gospels, we see that an integral part of Christ's mission on earth was healing. As He traveled from town to town preaching the coming Kingdom of God, He...
REMAIN Series // My Friend in the Desert - Blessed Is She

REMAIN Series // My Friend in the Desert

By the time I thought of her, my pillow was soaked. The darkness disguised my tears but I worried my unbridled sobs would wake the household. In just a few...
REMAIN Series // An Introduction + Invitation - Blessed Is She

REMAIN Series // An Introduction + Invitation

Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you. Keep straight the path of your feet, and all your ways will be sure. // Proverbs 4:25-26...
BIS Reads // Prudence by Fr. Gregory Pine, OP - Blessed Is She

BIS Reads // Prudence by Fr. Gregory Pine, OP

"I'm afraid of making the wrong decision." "I just don't know what God wants me to do." "Which way is God's will for me? And what happens if I 'miss...
They That Hope: The 2022 Prayer Pledge // Day 31 - Blessed Is She

They That Hope: The 2022 Prayer Pledge // Day 31

Friends, we have come to the end of our Prayer Pledge. Each year, this seems to sneak up on me, and I'm never quite ready for it to end (which is the goal!). Whether this year's Prayer Pledge went ideally for you or if you struggled through some days and weeks, we have persevered to our final day together.
They That Hope: The 2022 Prayer Pledge // Day 30 - Blessed Is She

They That Hope: The 2022 Prayer Pledge // Day 30

Sometimes hope looks a lot like perseverance.  I love the imagery in our Prayer Pledge's verse from Isaiah: when we hope we don't grow weary, we do not faint.Â