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Dropping Our Shame - Blessed Is She

Dropping Our Shame

First Reading: Zephaniah 3:1-2, 9-13 Thus says the LORD: Woe to the city, rebellious and polluted, to the tyrannical city! She hears no voice, accepts no correction; In the LORD...
December 15, 2015
Shattered Lives and Clinging to the Christ Child - Blessed Is She

Shattered Lives and Clinging to the Christ Child

Memorial of Saint John of the Cross First Reading: Numbers 24:2-7, 15-17A When Balaam raised his eyes and saw Israel encamped, tribe by tribe, the spirit of God came upon...
December 14, 2015
Inn Expectations versus Barn Reality - Blessed Is She

Inn Expectations versus Barn Reality

First Reading: Zephaniah 3:14-18A Shout for joy, O daughter Zion! Sing joyfully, O Israel! Be glad and exult with all your heart, O daughter Jerusalem! The LORD has removed the...
December 13, 2015
Vulnerable to Hope - Blessed Is She

Vulnerable to Hope

Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe First Reading: Revelation 11:19A; 12:1-6, 10 God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant could be seen in the temple....
December 12, 2015
Do the Right Thing, Regardless of What They Think - Blessed Is She

Do the Right Thing, Regardless of What They Think

First Reading: Isaiah 48:17-19 Thus says the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I, the LORD, your God, teach you what is for your good, and lead you...
December 11, 2015
Slow My Anger - Blessed Is She

Slow My Anger

First Reading: Isaiah 41:13-20 I am the LORD, your God, who grasp your right hand; It is I who say to you, “Fear not, I will help you.” Fear not,...
December 10, 2015
Everything Will Be Fine - Blessed Is She

Everything Will Be Fine

First Reading: Isaiah 40:25-31 To whom can you liken me as an equal? says the Holy One. Lift up your eyes on high and see who has created these things:...
December 09, 2015
Let Grace Flow - Blessed Is She

Let Grace Flow

Feast of the Immaculate Conception First Reading: Genesis 3:9-15, 20 After the man, Adam, had eaten of the tree, the LORD God called to the man and asked him, “Where...
December 08, 2015
Ripping Off the Roof - Blessed Is She

Ripping Off the Roof

Memorial of Saint Ambrose First Reading: Isaiah 35:1-10 The desert and the parched land will exult; the steppe will rejoice and bloom. They will bloom with abundant flowers, and rejoice...
December 07, 2015
All Used Up, Joyfully - Blessed Is She

All Used Up, Joyfully

First Reading: Baruch 5:1-9 Jerusalem, take off your robe of mourning and misery; put on the splendor of glory from God forever: wrapped in the cloak of justice from God,...
December 06, 2015
My Time Is Not My Own - Blessed Is She

My Time Is Not My Own

First Reading: Isaiah 30:19-21, 23-26 Thus says the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel: O people of Zion, who dwell in Jerusalem, no more will you weep; He will...
December 05, 2015
Jesus Can Do Anything - Blessed Is She

Jesus Can Do Anything

First Reading: Isaiah 29: 17-24 Thus says the Lord GOD: But a very little while, and Lebanon shall be changed into an orchard, and the orchard be regarded as a...
December 04, 2015