Extraordinary Women: St. Theresa of Avila
St. Theresa of Avila famously said, “From silly devotions and sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us!” and “A sad nun is a bad nun!” Like Pope Francis today, she knew...
Extraordinary Women: The Women in Our Lives
Lately, I’ve been fixating on a phrase: perfectly imperfect. As someone with a type B personality, I suppose this confirms for me that I do not need to be perfect....
Extraordinary Women: St. Catherine of Siena
When I was in eighth grade, my mom told me, “You don’t choose your confirmation saint—it chooses you.” I waved her advice off like any fourteen-year-old, and had my heart...
Extraordinary Women: St. Gianna
St. Gianna Beretta Molla is my homegirl. As a woman quickly approaching her late 20s who is Catholic, called to marriage, and gasp! still single, I find the fact that...
Good Friday // Feel the Nails
Good Friday…the day that started it all…our salvation and our great hope that one day we will be with Christ again in Heaven. How odd is it that every Good...
Holy Thursday // Lead Me To The Cross
He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, "Master, are you going to wash my feet?" Jesus answered and said to him, "What I am doing, you do not...
Holy Week // Honoring the Liturgy
Once upon a time, I planned ahead and decorated so nicely for changes in seasons. Now, it feels more like a scramble, but even now as we are in Holy...
Holy Week // The Beginning
As I sit here tonight thinking over the past few weeks of Lent, it's the first time I've ever wondered where it went. When Easter is so early in the...
#BISLent // Weekly Lenten Link-Up 4
We offer a place to come together as a community and document how this Lent is going. Every week, we will open up a link-up for your blog posts, your...
The Overflowing Joy of Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati
Jesus does not seek only to satisfy us; He wants to fill us to overflowing. He wants His Fullness, the company of the Holy Trinity, to dwell in you. This...
#BISLent // Weekly Lenten Link-Up 3
Every week, we will open up a link-up for your blog posts, your instagram posts, your thoughts to share with each other as sisters. We will offer a prompt that...
#BISLent // Weekly Lenten Link-Up 2
On this second Sunday of Lent, we want to offer a place to come together as a community and document how this Lent is going. Every week, we will open...