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Love God with All Your . . . - Blessed Is She

Love God with All Your . . .

You should love the Lord your God with all your . . . Heart How is your heart, dear sister? Mine is tattooed with scars from loving others deeply, and...
March 12, 2021
Best Exorcism in Scripture - Blessed Is She

Best Exorcism in Scripture

This image in Mark’s Gospel of Jesus seizing “Legion” and casting him into the swine is a scene straight out of a horror film. You can practically hear the swine...
February 01, 2021
Feast on the Divine Scriptures - Blessed Is She

Feast on the Divine Scriptures

At the beginning of this pandemic, I struggled to go to virtual Mass and not have the Sacraments easily accessible. I grappled with not being surrounded by my brothers and...
January 16, 2021
This Generation of Women - Blessed Is She

This Generation of Women

“To what shall I compare this generation?” (Matthew 11:16) As a campus minister to college students, I can tell you how I would compare this generation of women. I would...
December 11, 2020
Dear Saint Paul - Blessed Is She

Dear Saint Paul

Dear Saint Paul, It’s 2020, and I need a little chat with you regarding this letter you wrote to Saint Titus. You see, I’m a single woman whose momma, the...
November 10, 2020
A New Approach to Anxiety - Blessed Is She

A New Approach to Anxiety

It seems impossible to not give into anxiety in this season of pivots and uncertainty. Providentially, Saint Paul (Philippians 4:6-9) provides us with a lens to reflect on, so we...
October 04, 2020
How's Your Gossip? - Blessed Is She

How's Your Gossip?

Years ago, I was a Missionary Director for a Catholic Movement in Arizona. We followed a set of "Rules of Life" based on Saint Benedict’s Rule which helped me prayerfully...
September 06, 2020
Provide What I Need, Nothing More - Blessed Is She

Provide What I Need, Nothing More

The air was sticky and dense. Escaping the heat, I walked into an intimate museum that was once home to Saint Bernadette Soubirous. This one-room dungeon, formerly a jail, holds...
August 17, 2020
Where Is Your Heart in Their Struggle? - Blessed Is She

Where Is Your Heart in Their Struggle?

Every day I drive from the beaches of Orange County to the cement jungles of Los Angeles. And every day I drive past torn tents and boxed cities that house...
July 18, 2020
Vintage Creation of the Creator - Blessed Is She

Vintage Creation of the Creator

The priest extended his hand, saying, “I absolve you from your sins in the name of the Father the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.” He smiled and as I...
June 28, 2020