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Hold our Lady’s Hand

Hold our Lady’s Hand

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women. // Luke 1:28 (from Gospel for Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary) Fumbling in...
October 06, 2024
Victory...Little By Little

Victory...Little By Little

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him. // John 3:17 We hustled silently through...
September 13, 2024
What Do You Wish?

What Do You Wish?

He said to her, "What do you wish?" // Matthew 20:20 Tiny waves lapped on the placid seashore, making a musical sound as they trickled out over small stones. I...
July 24, 2024
Who Told You That? - Blessed Is She

Who Told You That?

Then [God] asked, "Who told you that you were naked? // Genesis 3:11 My family still talks about my standing ovation in Rodgers’ and Hammerstein’s Cinderella. I was in ninth...
June 08, 2024
Live For Heaven - Blessed Is She

Live For Heaven

Beloved, I urge you as aliens and sojourners to keep away from worldly desires that wage war against the soul. // 1 Peter 2:11 For more than a decade, I...
May 29, 2024
Your Life is a Gift - Blessed Is She

Your Life is a Gift

No one takes it from me, but I lay it down on my own. // John 10:18 A lot of cleaning. That’s what I saw in nearly every frame of...
April 20, 2024
Home In His Arms - Blessed Is She

Home In His Arms

See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God. Yet so we are. // 1 John 3:1 “I don’t have a...
January 02, 2024
When in Doubt? Jesus, I Trust in You - Blessed Is She

When in Doubt? Jesus, I Trust in You

"Pay attention to what I am telling you.” // Luke 9:44 “Here, take a whole pack!” Sister cried over her shoulder, blue and white habit billowing behind her as she...
September 29, 2023
Grouchy Prayer and the God Who Sees - Blessed Is She

Grouchy Prayer and the God Who Sees

I sat cross-legged and irritated in worship. I couldn’t find my rhythm, couldn’t find any rest. I love to pray this way, I reminded myself. I loved worshipping in a...
July 15, 2021
No Fireworks Necessary - Blessed Is She

No Fireworks Necessary

I was a junior in high school when I had my conversion. Sixteen years old and terribly insecure, I was longing for love and acceptance. One spring evening on a...
January 25, 2019