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A Baptismal Letter to My Son - Blessed Is She

A Baptismal Letter to My Son

Memorial of Saint Vincent de Paul, Priest First Reading: Job 3:1-3, 11-17, 20-23 Job opened his mouth and cursed his day. Job spoke out and said: Perish the day on...
September 27, 2016
Strength and Kindness - Blessed Is She

Strength and Kindness

First Reading: Job 1:6-22 One day, when the angels of God came to present themselves before the LORD, Satan also came among them. And the LORD said to Satan, “Whence...
September 26, 2016
Burdens Made Light - Blessed Is She

Burdens Made Light

First Reading: Amos 6:1A, 4-7 Thus says the LORD the God of hosts: Woe to the complacent in Zion! Lying upon beds of ivory, stretched comfortably on their couches, they...
September 25, 2016
Kindness Matters - Blessed Is She

Kindness Matters

First Reading: Ecclesiastes 11:9—12:8 Rejoice, O young man, while you are young and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Follow the ways of your heart,...
September 24, 2016
God's Promise - Blessed Is She

God's Promise

First Reading: Ecclesiastes 3:1-11 There is an appointed time for everything, and a time for every thing under the heavens. A time to be born, and a time to die;...
September 23, 2016
Leaving the Ducks Behind - Blessed Is She

Leaving the Ducks Behind

First Reading: Ecclesiastes 1:2-11 Vanity of vanities, says Qoheleth, vanity of vanities! All things are vanity! What profit has man from all the labor which he toils at under the...
September 22, 2016
Follow Me - Blessed Is She

Follow Me

First Reading: Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-13 Brothers and sisters: I, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live in a manner worthy of the call you have received, with all...
September 21, 2016
The Lord Hears the Cry of the Poor - Blessed Is She

The Lord Hears the Cry of the Poor

First Reading: Proverbs 21:1-6, 10-13 Like a stream is the king’s heart in the hand of the LORD; wherever it pleases him, he directs it. All the ways of a...
September 20, 2016
You Were Born for This - Blessed Is She

You Were Born for This

First Reading: Proverbs 3:27-34 Refuse no one the good on which he has a claim when it is in your power to do it for him. Say not to your...
September 19, 2016
What If We Prayed? - Blessed Is She

What If We Prayed?

First Reading: Amos 8:4-7 Hear this, you who trample upon the needy and destroy the poor of the land! “When will the new moon be over,” you ask, “that we...
September 18, 2016
A Slower Tilling - Blessed Is She

A Slower Tilling

First Reading: 1 Corinthians 15:35-37, 42-49 Brothers and sisters: Someone may say, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come back?” You fool! What you...
September 17, 2016
Powerful Women - Blessed Is She

Powerful Women

Memorial of Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs First Reading: 1 Corinthians 15:12-20 Brothers and sisters: If Christ is preached as raised from the dead, how can some among...
September 16, 2016