Devotions

Begin Your Day in Prayer

Sign up to receive our daily devotions straight to your inbox. It's the best way to begin.

{formbuilder:MTAxMDE1}

Loving your daily devo email? Feeling a tug to talk about the devotions with friends? Join us on the BIS app. We read the devotions together every day, and share our takeaways with each other. It’s the best, and completely free. We’d love to see you there.

Which Saint Will You Sing With?

Which Saint Will You Sing With?

I often wonder what the voices of the Saints sounded like. What did Saint Maximilian Kolbe’s voice sound like when he stepped forward in Auschwitz and said he would take...
November 01, 2021
It Might Get Ugly

It Might Get Ugly

The Lord had convicted me that it was time. He had been gently tugging on my heart to bring specific sins to Him in the confessional, and one day, He...
September 16, 2021
The Humility of the Unseen

The Humility of the Unseen

Before the pandemic, I traveled often. One of the greatest graces within my life on the road was seeing how many beautiful, humble souls in this world do not perform...
August 21, 2021
Because I Love You, Jesus!

Because I Love You, Jesus!

I have always been a rule follower; I have also always had a great fear of getting in trouble. When I was young, I was just like the Pharisees in...
July 16, 2021
A Passionate Recommitment of Love

A Passionate Recommitment of Love

I was driving on the 405 North in Los Angeles; it was the summer of 2018 and the scandals of our beloved Church were raging all over the news. I...
June 06, 2021
The Wrestling, the Struggling, and the Doubts

The Wrestling, the Struggling, and the Doubts

I wish someone had whispered into my ear on my baptismal day long ago: Just so you know, it’s okay if you wrestle, if you struggle, if you doubt. I...
May 03, 2021
The Gift of Sewing

The Gift of Sewing

The intensifying belief that having a large following, book, ministry, or microphone is the only way to make an impact is causing women to lose sight of the gifts God...
April 24, 2021
Meet Him in His Pain

Meet Him in His Pain

I believe being betrayed by someone you love and trust is one of the greatest pains of a human life. I was betrayed deeply as an eighteen-year-old girl in college...
March 30, 2021
Mercy Requires Effort

Mercy Requires Effort

Many parts of the Gospels are challenging, and today’s Gospel (Matthew 5:43-48) can be particularly so. Jesus gives a command: "Love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you"...
February 27, 2021
To Save or Not to Save?

To Save or Not to Save?

My husband and I have two young sons. As we do our best to prepare for our family’s future, we are presented with options and encouragement for saving for college,...
October 19, 2020
An Invitation to Belong

An Invitation to Belong

My heart swells at the three simple words Philip speaks to Nathanael in today’s Gospel . . . come and see. What an invitation . . . so simple, yet...
August 24, 2020
He Will Speak Through You

He Will Speak Through You

At the age of seventeen, I participated in a week-long retreat called “Young Apostles” for a summer Catholic Steubenville conference in Tucson, Arizona. At the end of the week, the...
July 10, 2020