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The Heart Behind Our 2021 Lent Devotional - Blessed Is She

The Heart Behind Our 2021 Lent Devotional

This Lent, we are inviting you to offer your hearts over to the Holy Spirit to experience the transformation of His fiery love. In Set a Fire, we explore the...
The Heart Behind This Year's Advent Devotional (a Q+A with the Writers!) - Blessed Is She

The Heart Behind This Year's Advent Devotional (a Q+A with the Writers!)

We are thrilled to introduce the narrator and writers of our Advent reflection book for 2020: Maranatha: The Story of Our Savior. 2020 Advent Writers (on the Heart Behind This...
The Guardian Angels - Blessed Is She

The Guardian Angels

Beside each believer stands an angel as protector and shepherd leading him to life. From its beginning until death, human life is surrounded by their watchful care and intercession. -Catechism...
Advent is Still Coming, Jesus is Still the Savior - Blessed Is She

Advent is Still Coming, Jesus is Still the Savior

The year 2020 has been...a bit much. I'd venture to guess that most of us are weary and honestly, still trying to figure out what just happened. But there's always...
Tithing // Why, What, How, + Where - Blessed Is She

Tithing // Why, What, How, + Where

I’ll just name the elephant in the room. This post is about money. Whether you have a lot or a little, you’ve got it, and chances are good that you’re...
How to Name Your Baby (Catholic-Style) - Blessed Is She

How to Name Your Baby (Catholic-Style)

Names are an important thing, a truth that becomes all the more obvious as a parent trying to choose a name for your child the first time. Some have had...
Why Do Catholic Weddings Only Happen in Churches? - Blessed Is She

Why Do Catholic Weddings Only Happen in Churches?

I spent four years working as an editor at a bridal magazine. During that time, my colleagues and I reviewed hundreds of wedding submissions each week, carefully considering each one...
Places You Can (Virtually) Visit this Summer - Blessed Is She

Places You Can (Virtually) Visit this Summer

Summertime family vacations always were some of the best memories growing up. The best vacation my siblings and I ever went on was to Disney World. Our family of five...
A Tour of Chiesa Nuova in Rome - Blessed Is She

A Tour of Chiesa Nuova in Rome

Saint Philip Neri, a prominent figure of the Counter Reformation, is best known for reaching out to the laity in Rome, both young and old. At the time, outreach to...
Resources for (Re)Discovering Catholicism - Blessed Is She

Resources for (Re)Discovering Catholicism

I was in a crowd of thousands of young people, listening to a talk on being transformed as a disciple of Christ by the author and theologian, Dr. Edward Sri....
How to Find Spiritual Inspiration When You Feel Like You've Seen and Heard It All - Blessed Is She

How to Find Spiritual Inspiration When You Feel Like You've Seen and Heard It All

Sometimes I feel like I need a spiritual boost in order to re-ignite my prayer life. I feel like I know all the things I should know in order not...
How to Pray the Rosary // A Step-by-Step Guide - Blessed Is She

How to Pray the Rosary // A Step-by-Step Guide

I remember the first time I prayed an entire Rosary. I was twelve-and-a-half years old, and I had no idea what I was doing. My baby sister was just born...