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Blessed Chats: College // Non-Traditional Higher Education - Blessed Is She

Blessed Chats: College // Non-Traditional Higher Education

Welcome to our Blessed Chats series! Each month, we will dedicate an entire week of blog posts to a topic that affects many of us. These conversations often come up...
Blessed Chats: College // School Discernment - Blessed Is She

Blessed Chats: College // School Discernment

Welcome to our Blessed Chats series! Each month, we will dedicate an entire week of blog posts to a topic that affects many of us. These conversations often come up...
Blessed Chats: College // Financial Discernment - Blessed Is She

Blessed Chats: College // Financial Discernment

Welcome to our Blessed Chats series! Each month, we will dedicate an entire week of blog posts to a topic that affects many of us. These conversations often come up...
Weekly Wallpaper // 263 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 263

Christ suffered for sins once, the righteous for the sake of the unrighteous, that he might lead you to God. // 1 Peter 3:18 Love this print from Jazmin De...
Healed and Restored - Blessed Is She

Healed and Restored

I first shared my story on Sunday, May 20, 2018: the Feast of Pentecost. That moment came after God sent a number of holy people into my life to help...
Litany of Saints for Expectant Mothers - Blessed Is She

Litany of Saints for Expectant Mothers

I love this time of year. Despite the gray days and cold weather, the first few months of each year always have me a little giddy with quiet expectation. It...
The Beauty + Significance of Icons in the Church - Blessed Is She

The Beauty + Significance of Icons in the Church

Imagine you are in a dark chapel. It is peaceful and you decide to stay and pray. You take a seat in front of the image of Mary and the...
The Lent Diet - Blessed Is She

The Lent Diet

I remember sitting in the dining room of my sorority house one day as I ate lunch. A few of my sorority sisters were standing around, and I was paying...
Weekly Wallpaper // 262 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 262

So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God. // 1 Corinthians 10:31 Love this beautiful print from Carolyn of Brass &...
Divine Mercy for the Brokenhearted - Blessed Is She

Divine Mercy for the Brokenhearted

There comes a time in our lives when a person, event, or loss leaves our heart wounded. Sometimes that pain is easy to cope with. We rely on friends, or...
How My Jewish Best Friend Makes Me a Better Catholic - Blessed Is She

How My Jewish Best Friend Makes Me a Better Catholic

My dearest friend, Amy, is Jewish. She’s even employed by the synagogue community that is her spiritual home. Beyond that, she is a seeker. God has been the subject of...
Books about Suffering (through the Lens of Faith) - Blessed Is She

Books about Suffering (through the Lens of Faith)

“She’s such a good person? Why does she have to suffer?” “I don’t want to go through this pain. I am afraid.” Suffering is something that no one wants to...