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A Podcast for Holy Week | Our Hero Has a Face

A Podcast for Holy Week | Our Hero Has a Face

Thank you so much for praying with us through Rescued, our Lent devotional for 2024. It was an incredible gift to be rescued alongside you. This is our last podcast episode...
March 28, 2024
Why Get This Year's Lent Devotional from Blessed is She?

Why Get This Year's Lent Devotional from Blessed is She?

As we've been gearing up and sharing about our brand new Lent devotional, Rescued, this question has come up a couple of times: What do I get when I purchase the Blessed is She Lent devotional?  ...
January 23, 2024
Deciding What to Do for Lent (a Free Guide)

Deciding What to Do for Lent (a Free Guide)

I open my computer to dozens of emails of incredible resources to help my family and me during this Lenten season (mostly the most beautiful children's resources!). I click through each...
February 07, 2023
Let the Ground Rest // a letter to the BIS community

Let the Ground Rest // a letter to the BIS community

Dear friend,  My mouth hung open as I read and re-read the Scripture I happened upon one day in prayer, approaching my seventh year as a worker in the vineyard...
February 01, 2023
New Wine // The 2023 Lent Devotional for Catholic Women

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,...
January 11, 2023
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Scripture Verses about Resurrection

The Easter story hinges on one detail: the Resurrection. Without resurrection, Easter is business as usual... yesterday’s news. The story that the God of the Universe was writing through Jesus’...
April 18, 2022
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The Women at the Tomb

Throughout the centuries, many arguments disregarding the validity of the Resurrection have emerged. In fact, the various explanations began on the very day in history that Christ rose (see Matthew...
April 16, 2022
holy thursday priesthood

My Spiritual Father, My Priest

My own earthly father (whom I love very much) was, out of his own brokenness, ill-equipped to be a spiritual father. Growing up, my dad claimed he didn’t believe in...
April 14, 2022
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The Seven Churches Pilgrimage for Holy Thursday

“ …About to hand Himself over to death, [He] entrusted to the Church a sacrifice new for all eternity, the banquet of His love…” The opening prayer for the Mass...
April 11, 2022
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Creative Ways to Give Alms this Lent

Is almsgiving something you practice seasonally during Advent and Lent? Is almsgiving something you give more thought to when the priest reminds you of the needs of the parish and...
March 11, 2022
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A Poem for Ash Wednesday

At the imposition of ashes, I looked everywhere for signs and symbols. Big ones, that might say something loud. I talked to the cross, the person hanging there. Asked questions,...
March 02, 2022
Fasting Ideas for Those Who Shouldn't Fast from Food

Fasting Ideas for Those Who Shouldn't Fast from Food

Looking back at past Lents, I can recall doing Whole30, giving up alcohol, giving up sweets, and then there were a couple of years when I didn't up food at...
March 01, 2022