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Relational Prayer: Listening to the Silence of Our Hearts - Blessed Is She

Relational Prayer: Listening to the Silence of Our Hearts

Restlessness is exhaustive and depletes the profoundness of the soul when we rely solely on productivity and efficiency to fill the voids in our hearts. We may feel an instant...
Weekly Wallpaper // 236 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 236

Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. // Matthew 11:28 Download these free wallpapers from Mariana Pimiento of Big Apple Catholic....
Weekly Wallpaper // 235 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 235

As to his death, he died to sin once and for all; as to his life, he lives for God. // Romans 6:10 Download these beautiful free wallpapers from Jazmin...
Weekly Wallpaper // 234 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 234

What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light; what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops. // Matthew 10:27 Download these beautiful free wallpapers from Brass...
How to Write a Personal Litany of Saints - Blessed Is She

How to Write a Personal Litany of Saints

The Litany of the Saints is a powerful and ancient form of Catholic prayer. We hear it at Easter and All Saints Day, and during Ordination Masses for new priests....
Weekly Wallpaper // 231 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 231

God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. // John 3:16 Download...
Why You Should Enthrone the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Your Home - Blessed Is She

Why You Should Enthrone the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Your Home

One of the most inspiring reasons to practice a deep and personal devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is that it unites you to the "Heart of the Church."...
Weekly Wallpaper // 230 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 230

Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” // John 20:21 Download these beautiful free wallpapers from Zelie and...
The Power of a Personal Litany - Blessed Is She

The Power of a Personal Litany

Many months ago, during a period of moderate doubt and discouragement in my life, I was given a penance after Confession which has since rocked my world. Unlike the typical...
BIS Reads // It Is Good To Be Here: A Disabled Woman's Reflections on the Sacred Wonder of Being Human - Blessed Is She

BIS Reads // It Is Good To Be Here: A Disabled Woman's Reflections on the Sacred Wonder of Being Human

Right off the bat, in a pointed preface titled “Crippled”, Christina Chase offers the kind of memoir I want to read. The illustration of her experience as a woman living...
Back to the Future - Blessed Is She

Back to the Future

The 1985 movie Back to the Future is a cultural phenomenon. One of the best quotes is uttered by Marty: “Wait A Minute, Doc. Are you telling me you built...
How (And Why) to Rejoice in Your Weakness - Blessed Is She

How (And Why) to Rejoice in Your Weakness

“Be perfect,” Jesus tells us, “as your Heavenly Father is perfect” (Matthew 5:48). For years, I thought this meant I had to eliminate all my flaws as fast as I...