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Prayer Pledge // Day 18 - Blessed Is She

Prayer Pledge // Day 18

Week Three // O Holy Spirit, Beloved of My Soul O Holy Spirit, beloved of my soul, I adore You. Enlighten me, guide me, strengthen me, console me. Tell me...
Prayer Pledge // Day 17 - Blessed Is She

Prayer Pledge // Day 17

Week Three // O Holy Spirit, Beloved of My Soul O Holy Spirit, beloved of my soul, I adore You. Enlighten me, guide me, strengthen me, console me. Tell me...
Prayer Pledge // Day 16 - Blessed Is She

Prayer Pledge // Day 16

Week Three // O Holy Spirit, Beloved of My Soul O Holy Spirit, beloved of my soul, I adore You. Enlighten me, guide me, strengthen me, console me. Tell me...
Prayer Pledge // Day 15 - Blessed Is She

Prayer Pledge // Day 15

Week Three // O Holy Spirit, Beloved of My Soul O Holy Spirit, beloved of my soul, I adore You. Enlighten me, guide me, strengthen me, console me. Tell me...
Prayer Pledge // Day 14 - Blessed Is She

Prayer Pledge // Day 14

Week Three // O Holy Spirit, Beloved of My Soul O Holy Spirit, beloved of my soul, I adore You. Enlighten me, guide me, strengthen me, console me. Tell me...
Prayer Pledge // Day 13 - Blessed Is She

Prayer Pledge // Day 13

Week Three // O Holy Spirit, Beloved of My Soul O Holy Spirit, beloved of my soul, I adore You. Enlighten me, guide me, strengthen me, console me. Tell me...
Can Catholics Believe in Santa Claus? - Blessed Is She

Can Catholics Believe in Santa Claus?

Every year, we are bound to witness heated discussions about the relevance of Santa Claus within our Catholic circles. Good Catholics exist on both sides of the debate: Is it...
Remember Me: Celebrating the Day of the Dead - Blessed Is She

Remember Me: Celebrating the Day of the Dead

One of the seven Corporal Works of Mercy is to “bury the dead.” While this certainly means grieving alongside families who have lost loved ones, it also means continuing to...
Ways to Celebrate Our Lady's Birthday - Blessed Is She

Ways to Celebrate Our Lady's Birthday

In August we celebrated the Assumption of Mary—her entrance into heaven. That occurance is so monumental that it’s a holy day of obligation. Entering eternal life is certainly a bigger...
Advice for College Freshmen and Transfers - Blessed Is She

Advice for College Freshmen and Transfers

During college, I sometimes felt a little (or a lot) lost. I often wondered if I could really handle an “adult” life. The good news is, I figured it out....
How to Listen to the Spirit (Instead of the Flippant Opinions of Others) in Your Vocational Discernment - Blessed Is She

How to Listen to the Spirit (Instead of the Flippant Opinions of Others) in Your Vocational Discernment

I started going to daily Mass when I was in college and continued doing so over my summer breaks. There, I encountered an unexpected hurdle: the other regular Mass attendees...
How to View Media Through the Lens of Faith - Blessed Is She

How to View Media Through the Lens of Faith

I grew up attending private Catholic schools, youth conferences, and retreats. I was exposed to the Gospel on a regular basis. As a child, and especially as a teenager, I...