Devotions

You Can't Have It Both Ways - Blessed Is She

For years before my deep conversion, I led a “double-soul-life.” I am a cradle Catholic, but I truly encountered Jesus...

Real Lighted Candles or You're a Flop - Blessed Is She

Today is one of those days when social media can make Catholic women everywhere feel like losers before they’re even...

Am I Not Here, Who Is Your Mother? - Blessed Is She

I spent a lot of evenings in tears my first semester of college. Night after night I plodded through the...

Love Yourself Like He Does - Blessed Is She

"Like a shepherd he feeds his flock; in his arms he gathers the lambs, Carrying them in his bosom, and...

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Down Through the Rooftop, Click, Click, Click - Blessed Is She

The paralyzed man is healed, body and soul, because his friends were an unstoppable force of getting this guy to...

He Meets Us in the Desert - Blessed Is She

Have you been wearing a “robe of mourning and misery” (Baruch 5:1)? Have you shed tears over broken relationships? Have...

Leaning in to Our Mother - Blessed Is She

“Hello?” my mother’s voice sings as she picks up my call. “Hi, Mama!” “You sound tired,” she immediately diagnoses me....

Life According to God - Blessed Is She

According to my life plan, I would be well enough to have another child right now. I would have a...

Remembering My Rock - Blessed Is She

It was November 1st, All Saints’ Day, and—true confession—I did not want to go to Mass. I was exhausted from...

Why Are You Looking at Me, Lord? - Blessed Is She

I shook my head as I listened to one more news clip about a tragedy that happened earlier that morning....

Finding Lasting Joy - Blessed Is She

The twinkle lights. The tree. Shiny ornaments. Fresh cookies. Cheerful music. Happy movies. Warm get-togethers. Laughter. Love. That was my...

Unworthy But Healed - Blessed Is She

"Lord, I am not worthy . . . but only say the word and my soul shall be healed" (Matthew...

Already, But Not Yet - Blessed Is She

And so it begins. Advent. A season of waiting—of preparing our hearts for the marvelous gift of Emmanuel, our Hope....

Let My Heart Long for Heaven - Blessed Is She

As our liturgical year closes tonight, we end with a somber tone in today’s Gospel. Jesus' words feel so heavy...

Undeniable True Presence - Blessed Is She

I’m always amazed at the immense faith and trust Saints Peter and Andrew (whose Feast Day we celebrate today) show...

How to Get Invited to the Wedding - Blessed Is She

Today you may have looked at the readings and thought, “Not today. I don’t have the strength for apocalyptic Scripture...

Yours and Mine - Blessed Is She

While I was praying one day, I had a vision. I was in a vast field. It was acres and...