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The Amazing Race + God's Amazing Grace - Blessed Is She

The Amazing Race + God's Amazing Grace

When I was a kid in elementary school, I started watching a series called The Amazing Race. I loved analyzing every task and making decisions based on the clues as...
6 Ways to Prepare a Quiet Advent NOW - Blessed Is She

6 Ways to Prepare a Quiet Advent NOW

Every year around around this time, I long to slow down, create space, quiet my heart, and find rest. Perhaps I am weary from the toll of this chaotic world....
Weekly Wallpaper // 297 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 297

For they have all contributed from their surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, has contributed all she had, her whole livelihood. // Mark 12:44 Love this from today's readings....
Saint Quotes for When You Need Peace - Blessed Is She

Saint Quotes for When You Need Peace

Halloween and All Saints' Day are behind us. Thanksgiving and Advent are imminent. And Christmas and New Year’s Eve are only a few weeks behind. While this time of year...
Morning Prayer + Our 5 Senses - Blessed Is She

Morning Prayer + Our 5 Senses

As a 20-something unmarried gal, I pretty much have full reign over my daily schedule including how and when I pray. This state of life brought about a sweet season...
Stop Striving and Start Surrendering - Blessed Is She

Stop Striving and Start Surrendering

We have our favorite sins: those sins we find ourselves confessing over and over again. Those sins that always seem to make an appearance, despite our greatest efforts at overcoming...
You're Thinking About Getting the BIS Advent Devotional, But... - Blessed Is She

You're Thinking About Getting the BIS Advent Devotional, But...

Now that November has arrived, our attention turns to the approaching holidays. We began to make lists and plans, bake treats and ideas for gatherings, and renew our commitment to...
Weekly Wallpaper // 296 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 296

You shall love your neighbor as yourself. // Mark 12:31 Love this from today's readings. Let His word dwell in us richly, sisters. Download your F R E E wallpapers...
What to Do When You Struggle to Forgive - Blessed Is She

What to Do When You Struggle to Forgive

"Forgiveness is letting the prisoner go free, only to know the prisoner is me" is an adage that could not be truer in Corrie ten Boom’s life. In her book,...
The Near-Saint Who Discovered the Extra Chromosome in Down Syndrome - Blessed Is She

The Near-Saint Who Discovered the Extra Chromosome in Down Syndrome

My two younger brothers both like to read books and watch movies. One is more focused on sports and can spend hours playing baseball, while the other is drawn to...
The Coming Holy Days - Blessed Is She

The Coming Holy Days

In just a few short days, the Catholic Church will enter into a holy trifecta of days: All Hallows' Eve (October 31) All Saints' Day (November 1) All Souls' Day...
How to Tame Your To-Do List - Blessed Is She

How to Tame Your To-Do List

Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you. // Saint Augustine In the past, I wrestled with this concept a bit. Even though I'm...