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The Parable of Impossibility - Blessed Is She

The Parable of Impossibility

Who then can be saved? It seems impossible, doesn’t it? Jesus paints a rather clear picture for His disciples, and it seems like a cruel impossibility. Obviously a camel cannot...
August 21, 2018
Radical Generosity and My Trail Mix - Blessed Is She

Radical Generosity and My Trail Mix

I once drove out of the Costco parking lot and saw a man with a sign that read “HUNGRY.” I had a $10 bag of trail mix next to me...
August 20, 2018
It’s About to Get . . . Real - Blessed Is She

It’s About to Get . . . Real

In today’s Gospel, Jesus gives His followers a crash course on the doctrine of the Real Presence: “For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever...
August 19, 2018
Do Not Prevent Them - Blessed Is She

Do Not Prevent Them

Want to know what I love about this Blessed is She sisterhood? Authenticity! I love the open dialogue when we share the triumphs and trials we face as a Church....
August 18, 2018
Miss Independent Learns a Lesson - Blessed Is She

Miss Independent Learns a Lesson

Independent: one of the words most frequently used to describe me by my family from the time I was a baby. They are not incorrect in their observation. Picture that...
August 17, 2018
A Letter from Our Lady - Blessed Is She

A Letter from Our Lady

On this Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, invite Our Lady to speak these words to your heart: My Beautiful Daughter, I hope that my words today...
August 15, 2018
Becoming Like Children - Blessed Is She

Becoming Like Children

“Unless you turn and become like children, you will not enter the Kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 18:3) Last night I lost it with my five-year-old son. He thought he was...
August 14, 2018
A God Who Meets All Needs - Blessed Is She

A God Who Meets All Needs

Would you walk awhile in Simon Peter's shoes with me, Sisters? If you read a bit more of his journey in your own journaling Bible, you'll know that Simon Peter...
August 13, 2018
Would This Have Made You Think Jesus Was Crazy? - Blessed Is She

Would This Have Made You Think Jesus Was Crazy?

In today's world where Christianity has become so politicized, cliched, commercialized, sanitized, and comfortable it is all too easy to assume we know what it's all about. We assume Christianity...
August 12, 2018
The Pains of Waiting for My Healed Heart - Blessed Is She

The Pains of Waiting for My Healed Heart

Just last week I woke up with a new awareness of my life that has been present for awhile, but I just hadn’t seen so clearly. As my eyes opened...
August 11, 2018
Heaven Breaks Through - Blessed Is She

Heaven Breaks Through

Despite my desire to live every moment of every day “plugged into” God and the life of grace, I had spent a great deal of time bumbling through thick clouds...
August 10, 2018
Flourishing with His Laws on Our Hearts - Blessed Is She

Flourishing with His Laws on Our Hearts

I think on the phrase, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” In the First Reading, Jeremiah declares, “for they broke my covenant.” (Jeremiah 31:31-34) God’s chosen people had messed...
August 09, 2018