Devotions

Hold Nothing Back in Prayer - Blessed Is She

I sat on the hard, dark-stained pew and lowered the kneeler until it softly thudded on the carpeted floor. A...

Long Line of Yellers - Blessed Is She

I come from a long line of yellers. I remember my mother saying to my father, “You don’t have to...

Can You Hear Me? - Blessed Is She

I took a pregnancy test last week. It was negative. It was negative like all of the other negative tests...

Sometimes Healing Looks Different - Blessed Is She

A few years ago my beloved aunt was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. While our family earnestly hoped and prayed for...

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Every Drop of Energy - Blessed Is She

Christ used a parish priest from Uganda to show me what it looks like to love my brothers and sisters....

Perfect Love Drives Out Fear - Blessed Is She

As someone who is engaged in a likely lifelong battle with perfectionism, 1 John 4:18 tends to shake me up...

Silence, Please - Blessed Is She

My turn was coming and I didn’t have an answer—at least not one that I felt comfortable sharing with the...

His Light Arisen Upon You - Blessed Is She

On a recent retreat I led, a woman approached me at the break looking for a little support. She slowly...

Your Radiance from Him - Blessed Is She

"Rise up in splendour, Jerusalem. Your light has come, the glory of the Lord shines upon you" (Isaiah 60:1). I...

Finding What We are Looking For - Blessed Is She

"What are you looking for?" he asked me. We were sitting outside of the coffee shop on a breezy Sunday...

Know Your Name - Blessed Is She

Our names tell a story from the moment they were written on a birth certificate. Some names have been passed...

The Day After - Blessed Is She

“You know my least favorite days of the year?” I look up, bemused at my oldest son, ready for a...

Gathering Treasures in My Heart - Blessed Is She

One afternoon, I dialed the numbers I've known for most of my life. I had a question for my mom....

Tucked into His Sacred Heart - Blessed Is She

"And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us" (John 1:14). He was sick that day, it turns...

New - Blessed Is She

NEW. I’d always seen it as a word demanding action, resolution, a shedding of my former self to chase a...

Following His Difficult, Loving Way - Blessed Is She

Today, on the Feast of the Holy Family, I am grateful. Particularly because I am reminded by our readings today...

Tugging on Knots that Squeeze You Tighter - Blessed Is She

Hunting is not one of those hobbies I list in my repertoire, but I’ve watched and read enough period dramas...