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Jesus Just Totally Dissed His Mom - Blessed Is She

Jesus Just Totally Dissed His Mom

He was told, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside and they wish to see you." He said to them in reply, "My mother and my brothers  are those who hear the...
September 25, 2023
God Makes All Things Beautiful For Her - Blessed Is She

God Makes All Things Beautiful For Her

“[F]or he has looked with favor on his lowly servant. From this day all generations will call me blessed.” // Luke 1:48 Recently, I was sharing with a friend about...
August 14, 2023
The Back Side of the Tapestry - Blessed Is She

The Back Side of the Tapestry

“But now do not be distressed, and do not reproach yourselves for having sold me here. It was really for the sake of saving lives that God sent me here...
July 12, 2023
How to Make A Hard Saying Easier - Blessed Is She

How to Make A Hard Saying Easier

Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you.  Whoever eats my...
June 10, 2023
But I Will NEVER Do This Again - Blessed Is She

But I Will NEVER Do This Again

"When a woman is in labor, she is in anguish because her hour has arrived; but when she has given birth to a child, she no longer remembers the pain...
May 18, 2023
What Part of “Fear Not” Are You Not Understanding? - Blessed Is She

What Part of “Fear Not” Are You Not Understanding?

The Lord’s kindness is everlasting to those who fear him. // Psalm 103:17 There’s a hilarious old Tumblr thread about how terrifying are the actual descriptions of angels in the...
February 01, 2023
The Source of Eternal Salvation - Blessed Is She

The Source of Eternal Salvation

Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered; and when he was made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him. //...
January 16, 2023
Christmas Past and Future (But No Ghosts) - Blessed Is She

Christmas Past and Future (But No Ghosts)

In the tender compassion of our God the dawn from on high shall break upon us, to shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, and...
December 24, 2022
The “Scatter the Seeds and Go Take a Nap” Method of Gardening - Blessed Is She

The “Scatter the Seeds and Go Take a Nap” Method of Gardening

"Of its own accord the land yields fruit." // Mark 4:28 Gardening has never been my thing. I guess because I haven’t had as much success as the sower in...
January 28, 2022
The Saddest Christmas Carol Ever - Blessed Is She

The Saddest Christmas Carol Ever

"A voice was heard in Ramah, sobbing and loud lamentation; Rachel weeping for her children, and she would not be consoled, since they were no more." // Matthew 2:18 Today...
December 28, 2021
At Midnight, in Bethlehem, in the Piercing Cold - Blessed Is She

At Midnight, in Bethlehem, in the Piercing Cold

Happy feast of Saint Andrew, apostle, and happy Catholic New Year! Our new liturgical year began two days ago on the first Sunday of Advent. That means that now is...
November 30, 2021
Human Respect and a Dinner Party Full of Jerks - Blessed Is She

Human Respect and a Dinner Party Full of Jerks

I have spent the better part of the last decade being Catholic in the public eye. Also privately, thanks be to God, but it's the public part that helped me...
October 29, 2021