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What's Your Purpose? - Blessed Is She

What's Your Purpose?

The third alarm sounds from across the room, the one set to get us out of bed. My husband gets up, turns on the light, and goes off to shave....
January 13, 2021
He Comes with Joy - Blessed Is She

He Comes with Joy

The snow was finally melting away as I took my daily walk outside, quarantined to my yard and driveway. Warmth sent hints of spring through the long end of the...
December 21, 2020
He is Coming Soon - Blessed Is She

He is Coming Soon

The waves lapped on the rocky beach as my children waded into the clear mountain lake. As I sat reading a novel next to my husband in the shade of...
November 28, 2020
Clinging to His Cross - Blessed Is She

Clinging to His Cross

Pain radiated through my legs as our parish priest anointed my Lyme disease-ridden body on my eyelids, ears, nostrils, lips, hands, and feet, following the rubrics of the Extraordinary Form...
October 24, 2020
The Measure with Which We Measure - Blessed Is She

The Measure with Which We Measure

I walked into the cafeteria, trying to hold myself together. Several of my classmates ran up to me, “What did she say to you?” The dam broke and tears poured...
September 10, 2020
God's Promise for Us - Blessed Is She

God's Promise for Us

“Who’s that baby?” my eldest asked. I glanced over at my parents’ photo album. It was me, four months old, immersed in a baptismal font. The young priest smiled through...
August 23, 2020
The Faith of My Ancestors - Blessed Is She

The Faith of My Ancestors

I often imagine my great-great grandmother courageously sailing to the United States with my great-great grandfather, an eighteen-month-old daughter, and a swollen, pregnant belly. In 1907, they left their home...
August 06, 2020
Battling for Joy - Blessed Is She

Battling for Joy

The cool September air blew gently into the room as my husband opened the back door to leave for work. A lonely dread sat in my chest. I did not...
July 16, 2020
What Is Hidden - Blessed Is She

What Is Hidden

I rocked my son for hours in the dark the first autumn of his life. He spent those long nights in pain from cutting eight new teeth, and I sat...
June 17, 2020
He Wants Me and I Want Him - Blessed Is She

He Wants Me and I Want Him

The familiar feel of the Host was cool on my tongue. Entering me physically and spiritually, I was completely filled with His love for me. Tears filled my eyes as...
June 09, 2020