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Practicing Detachment - Blessed Is She

Practicing Detachment

First Reading: 2 Chronicles 24:17-25 After the death of Jehoiada, the princes of Judah came and paid homage to King Joash, and the king then listened to them. They forsook...
June 18, 2016
What's Your Darkness? - Blessed Is She

What's Your Darkness?

First Reading: 2 Kings 11:1-4, 9-18, 20 When Athaliah, the mother of Ahaziah, saw that her son was dead, she began to kill off the whole royal family. But Jehosheba,...
June 17, 2016
The Lord's Prayer - Blessed Is She

The Lord's Prayer

First Reading: Sirach 48:1-14 Like a fire there appeared the prophet Elijah whose words were as a flaming furnace. Their staff of bread he shattered, in his zeal he reduced...
June 16, 2016
Lord, I Am a Hypocrite - Blessed Is She

Lord, I Am a Hypocrite

First Reading: 2 Kings 2:1, 6-14 When the LORD was about to take Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, he and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal. Elijah...
June 15, 2016
Freedom in Our Hearts - Blessed Is She

Freedom in Our Hearts

Memorial of Saint Anthony of Padua, Priest & Doctor of the Church First Reading: 1 Kings 21:1-16 Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard in Jezreel next to the palace of...
June 13, 2016
Time to Love the Sinner in All of Us - Blessed Is She

Time to Love the Sinner in All of Us

First Reading: 2 Samuel 12:7-10, 13 Nathan said to David: “Thus says the LORD God of Israel: ‘I anointed you king of Israel. I rescued you from the hand of...
June 12, 2016
The Gift of Faith - Blessed Is She

The Gift of Faith

First Reading: Acts 11:21B-26; 13:1-3 In those days a great number who believed turned to the Lord. The news about them reached the ears of the Church in Jerusalem, and...
June 11, 2016
In a Tiny Voice - Blessed Is She

In a Tiny Voice

First Reading: 1 Kings 19:9A, 11-16 At the mountain of God, Horeb, Elijah came to a cave, where he took shelter. But the word of the LORD came to him,...
June 10, 2016
Peace and Reconciliation - Blessed Is She

Peace and Reconciliation

First Reading: 1 Kings 18:41-46 Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.” So Ahab went up to eat and...
June 09, 2016
Old Versus New - Blessed Is She

Old Versus New

First Reading: 1 Kings 18:20-39 Ahab sent to all the children of Israel and had the prophets assemble on Mount Carmel. Elijah appealed to all the people and said, “How...
June 08, 2016
I Chose You Just For This - Blessed Is She

I Chose You Just For This

First Reading: 1 Kings 17:7-16 The brook near where Elijah was hiding ran dry, because no rain had fallen in the land. So the LORD said to Elijah: “Move on...
June 07, 2016
Pick a Beatitude for Where You Are - Blessed Is She

Pick a Beatitude for Where You Are

First Reading: 1 Kings 17:1-6 Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab: “As the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, during these years there...
June 06, 2016