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The Goodness of Every Friday - Blessed Is She

The Goodness of Every Friday

I was baffled as to how I had lived 19 years as Catholic without knowing this. The priest had just given a homily on the Church’s requirement to do penance...
May 11, 2018
Questioning in Love - Blessed Is She

Questioning in Love

Sometimes I'm glad that, in the scriptures, the Apostles are so often confused. I'm comforted in their questioning and repeated asking. Even when Christ explains things again, they still don't...
May 10, 2018
Designed to Seek Him - Blessed Is She

Designed to Seek Him

Have you ever had a season of life where the Lord feels distant? Where, try as you might, you just can’t seem to hear His gentle, quiet voice speaking to...
May 09, 2018
Where You Lead - Blessed Is She

Where You Lead

There I was, staring at a positive pregnancy test, wondering why He allowed this to happen. I thought NFP was supposed to work! (It does, but alas, just an error...
May 08, 2018
We Will Prevail - Blessed Is She

We Will Prevail

They've always intrigued me, these unknown women of the New Testament who pop up throughout Acts and the epistles, showering the Saints of the early Church with shelter and provision...
May 07, 2018
Family Movie Night, Popcorn, and Complete Joy - Blessed Is She

Family Movie Night, Popcorn, and Complete Joy

Not too long ago my family sat in our small family room, a fire crackling and a movie playing. We enjoyed popcorn and everyone snuggled in their pjs together. The...
May 06, 2018
Baby Steps to Joy - Blessed Is She

Baby Steps to Joy

It’s one of those days when everything feels like a slog. Nothing is really wrong; I’m not struggling with any large illness or emotional catastrophe (thank goodness). It’s just one...
May 05, 2018
Love Changes the World - Blessed Is She

Love Changes the World

Tomorrow, I am going to a wedding. It’s not a Catholic wedding. They aren’t believers. Most of my friends aren’t. I’m the odd one, the aberration. The thoroughly modern, normal,...
May 04, 2018
The Way, the Truth, Our Love - Blessed Is She

The Way, the Truth, Our Love

In a day when the mantra of “you do you” reigns supreme, it can be hard to stand up each Sunday, recite the words of the creed, and then go...
May 03, 2018
The Problem With Fruit - Blessed Is She

The Problem With Fruit

For many years I had a problem with fruit. I know that sounds strange, but every time the word "fruit" or "fruitful" appears in a Scripture reading I just want...
May 02, 2018
Whatever It Takes - Blessed Is She

Whatever It Takes

Something insane happened in this first reading and the author of Acts is acting like it’s no big deal. Can somebody please explain to me how a man who was...
May 01, 2018
Looking Intently - Blessed Is She

Looking Intently

I am struck by the dichotomous nature of today’s First Reading. In the begin of the story, we hear of Saints Paul and Barnabas being forcefully driven out of Iconium...
April 30, 2018