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Friendship + Fellowship with Non-Catholics - Blessed Is She

Friendship + Fellowship with Non-Catholics

I was not raised in a Catholic home. In fact, I am the only Catholic in my whole family. I converted when I was 7 years old and I’ve been...
Weekly Wallpaper // 247 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 247

I have called you by your name. // Isaiah 45:4 These words are for you. Download this print from Jazmin De Guzman from today's readings. Let His word dwell in...
Wholly Surrendered - Blessed Is She

Wholly Surrendered

It started as a quiet stirring in my heart, this gentle, almost imperceptible whisper from the Lord: “Come and rest with Me awhile.” I didn't understand what it meant, but...
Tips for Praying with Your Roommates - Blessed Is She

Tips for Praying with Your Roommates

Roommates make up a home just as much as the brick and mortar or the cute succulent decorations of any house. We want our homes to be places of peace...
The Blessed Mother Bolstered My Hope in the Face of Despair - Blessed Is She

The Blessed Mother Bolstered My Hope in the Face of Despair

Sometimes in life we are faced with moments that change everything. It can be difficult to stay upright when life does not go as planned, careening drastically off course. The...
Weekly Wallpaper // 246 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 246

Whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious...think about these things. // Philippians 4:8 Love this beautiful print from Elma...
The "College Experience"? - Blessed Is She

The "College Experience"?

Before my freshman year, college was this great mythical story to me. My older sister would come home during the holidays with endless stories of her college experiences and they...
The Beauty I Found in Job Loss - Blessed Is She

The Beauty I Found in Job Loss

Shock. Anger. Gutted. Disbelief. I will never forget how those emotions seared through my body in the course of seconds when I discovered I lost my job. To say I...
Weekly Wallpaper // 245 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 245

God's mercy upon them is extraordinary. // Saint Faustina Love this beautiful print from Leah of Fearfully Made. Let His word dwell in us richly, sisters. Remember, Members, you get...
Weekly Wallpaper // 244 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 244

Love does no harm to the neighbor; hence, love is the fulfillment of the law. // Romans 13:10 Love this beautiful print from Carolyn of Brass & Mint Co. Let...
What Jeremiah 29:11 and Jane Austen Taught Me About Hope - Blessed Is She

What Jeremiah 29:11 and Jane Austen Taught Me About Hope

Christ is our Hope, in the midst of 2020 and otherwise; through joys and sorrows—through it all. It should come as no surprise, then, that Jeremiah 29:11 is my favorite...
Poco a Poco // The Spirituality of Making the Next Best Step - Blessed Is She

Poco a Poco // The Spirituality of Making the Next Best Step

Poco a poco. The spirituality of making the next best step. It's become a bit of our catch phrase. It's been the name of a CFR album, our Ascension Present's...