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Unearthing the Prophet's Prophecies - Blessed Is She

Unearthing the Prophet's Prophecies

If I could go back to any moment in history, I would want to be present on this night in the Upper Room. After days of chaos, fear, and confusion,...
April 18, 2021
Shark Fears & Boat Rides with Jesus - Blessed Is She

Shark Fears & Boat Rides with Jesus

The first (and only!) time I saw the movie Jaws, I completely freaked out. A giant killer shark with eerie background music; that was enough to make any of us...
April 17, 2021
Land of the Worrying - Blessed Is She

Land of the Worrying

I have always told people back home that post-grade life in D.C. is like living in “the land of the worrying.” What if I never get the job I want?...
April 16, 2021
I Want To Be EXTRA for the Holy Spirit - Blessed Is She

I Want To Be EXTRA for the Holy Spirit

As I paced my tiny office, an internal argument was raging. It’s none of my business. She already said everything is fine. She does not need my help. She said...
April 15, 2021
Let the LIGHT Conquer Your Darkness - Blessed Is She

Let the LIGHT Conquer Your Darkness

I remember sitting across from the priest. I had just unloaded some pretty heavy stuff. He looked at me with gentleness, reached over, and flopped his Magnificat open to the...
April 14, 2021
JPII Says We’re a Great Tree: the Mystery and Gift of Our Unity - Blessed Is She

JPII Says We’re a Great Tree: the Mystery and Gift of Our Unity

Today we read: “The community of believers was of one heart and mind” (Acts 4:32). Looking around me, I can’t say that description jumps readily to mind. In my extended...
April 13, 2021
Bold Questions to Our Author - Blessed Is She

Bold Questions to Our Author

God writes our stories. Past, present, and future. He's the best author, amen?! But it's also okay to question why things happen. When we read in the Acts of the...
April 12, 2021
His Woundedness and My Own - Blessed Is She

His Woundedness and My Own

Jetlagged from traveling five thousand miles and exhausted from standing on cobblestones from 6pm to 6am, we finally made it into Saint Peter’s Square. The Vatican estimated over 800,000 people...
April 11, 2021
Bitter Minnesota Night and Proclaiming the Gospel - Blessed Is She

Bitter Minnesota Night and Proclaiming the Gospel

"Go into the whole world and proclaim the Gospel to every creature" (Mark 16:15). I laughed uneasily. Would it be considered tittering? For a freshman in college hoping the borrowed...
April 10, 2021
A Fisher of Men - Blessed Is She

A Fisher of Men

I held back tears behind my closed door. I had been home less than a day and had lost it already with my kids. After spending the weekend on retreat...
April 09, 2021
We Are Witnesses, Too - Blessed Is She

We Are Witnesses, Too

"You are witnesses of these things" (Luke 24:48). The disciples were astonished as Jesus approached them. The crucifixion had come and gone. Jesus was no longer with them as their...
April 08, 2021
In the Name of Jesus, Words Can Bring Healing - Blessed Is She

In the Name of Jesus, Words Can Bring Healing

I remember towards the end of a phone call with my friend, she said, “Let's pray!” We blessed ourselves over the phone, and I closed my eyes as she began...
April 07, 2021