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How Praying with Scripture Transforms Our Lives - Blessed Is She

How Praying with Scripture Transforms Our Lives

As Catholics, we are blessed with the rich treasure of Scripture and Tradition that guides our faith. The Bible, the living and active Word of God, is the foundation upon...
Ten Steps to Creating a Catholic Small Group - Blessed Is She

Ten Steps to Creating a Catholic Small Group

Years ago I was on a journey to find like-minded Catholic friends. I had been meeting with a small group for a few years but never quite connected on a...
The Most Important Resolution of Them All - Blessed Is She

The Most Important Resolution of Them All

In 2014, Blessed is She began as a little seed in my heart—a desire to read Scripture alongside other Catholic women as well as share about the beauties and the...
Listening To The Word of God - Blessed Is She

Listening To The Word of God

Saint Jerome, the great biblical scholar, is probably most well known for his quote “Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ.” St. Jerome translated the Bible into the Latin Vulgate...
Saint Mark and Immediacy - Blessed Is She

Saint Mark and Immediacy

It was last year, while listening to The Bible In A Year Podcast, that the deep beauty of the Gospel of Mark was revealed to me. In the past, likely...
What Does the Number 7 Mean in the Bible? - Blessed Is She

What Does the Number 7 Mean in the Bible?

There is something about the number seven. Throughout myths and folklore this number has been given precedent, considered lucky, or presented as possessing innate magical qualities. A quick scan of...
40 Short Bible Verses to Memorize for Lent - Blessed Is She

Forty Short Bible Verses to Memorize for Lent

Our annual season of fasting and repentance is days away. Many of us have yet to determine what we will do to foster a closer relationship with God during this...
Small Group Tips: Gift, a Study on the Eucharist

Small Group Tips: Gift, a Study on the Eucharist

Blessed Is She's new study, Gift, can lead small groups into deeper devotion to the Most Holy Eucharist.