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Showing Our Delight - Blessed Is She

Showing Our Delight

As I read this opening of Saint Paul’s letter to the Thessalonians, I can’t help but cringe just a little. He is so filled with love, and joy, and exuberance...
August 26, 2019
Building on Broken People - Blessed Is She

Building on Broken People

I used to work with older adults and was surprised how much I enjoyed conversations with them as they shared stories of their lives. One man I worked with told...
August 24, 2019
Finding Your Dory - Blessed Is She

Finding Your Dory

My favorite plot line in the Pixar film Finding Nemo is the fact that Dory never leaves. Dory, a friendly blue fish with short-term memory loss, meets Marlin, a paranoid...
August 23, 2019
Clothed in Glory - Blessed Is She

Clothed in Glory

Sometimes I feel lost like I am on the outside of life looking in. I feel lost when I believe the lies that I am not good enough for God...
August 22, 2019
Meaning of Idleness - Blessed Is She

Meaning of Idleness

"Why do you stand here idle all day?" (Matthew 20:6) The word 'idle' has new meaning to me in the midst of a week serving in Lourdes, France. For those...
August 21, 2019
Saddle Up That Camel - Blessed Is She

Saddle Up That Camel

In Jesus’ time, many people believed that material wealth was a sign of God’s favor . . . a misconception that can still be seen today in “prosperity gospel” preachers...
August 20, 2019
Abandoned to Him - Blessed Is She

Abandoned to Him

I am mother to three small children. They demand my thoughts and attention. They require so much of me both mentally and physically. The season I am in is a...
August 19, 2019
Be the Advocate - Blessed Is She

Be the Advocate

One afternoon, a patient walked into our office without an appointment with tooth pain. After telling me her symptoms, she burst into tears. Through sobs she apologized for crying and...
August 18, 2019
Blooming as a Missionary Disciple, Right Where We Are - Blessed Is She

Blooming as a Missionary Disciple, Right Where We Are

Sometimes I struggle with the fact that my faith is so childlike. I'm not great at articulating the core truths of our Catholic faith. I'm not the best at effectively...
August 17, 2019
Fractured Relationships, What God Desires for Us - Blessed Is She

Fractured Relationships, What God Desires for Us

It wasn’t uncommon for my exasperated mom to cry out, “I can’t have anything nice because of you kids!” when my brothers or I broke, stained, or ruined something around...
August 16, 2019
Blessed Are You Who Believed - Blessed Is She

Blessed Are You Who Believed

Imagine the joy of the Blessed Mother at the moment of her Assumption. There she is as a unified human being with both her body and soul brought into Heaven...
August 15, 2019
Shrinking Away or Stepping Up - Blessed Is She

Shrinking Away or Stepping Up

When my husband and I were raising our four children, we were acutely aware of our responsibility to help them navigate the physical, emotional, and spiritual dangers of this life,...
August 14, 2019