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College 101 Series // Roommates - Blessed Is She

College 101 Series // Roommates

I honestly don’t know how many first-year students this blog will be relevant to in 2020. Covid-19 has forced many students to Zoom from home verses zoom across the country...
Ways to Make Time for Prayer in Every Season of Life - Blessed Is She

Ways to Make Time for Prayer in Every Season of Life

“It sounds like prayer is something you do just so you can check a box.” Her voice was gentle, but direct. A wise friend had asked me about my prayer...
Saints + Bible Verses to Turn to When Struggling with Infertility - Blessed Is She

Saints + Bible Verses to Turn to When Struggling with Infertility

The intercession of the Saints is real and powerful. Throughout my struggle with secondary infertility I have found such comfort and hope in asking the Saints’ intercession. Spiritual Support During...
Seen and Loved - Blessed Is She

Seen and Loved

In 2005, as secret-sharing apps like Secret and Whisper were making headlines, Frank Warren’s project PostSecret, a digital chronicle, was raking greater heights. New York Times even called it "the...
Prayers for Surrender - Blessed Is She

Prayers for Surrender

For the past seven months, I have been part of a coaching group that supports me in attaining some personal health goals. Recently, the group went through a significant and...
The Spiritual Practice of Fasting (+ Its Fruits) - Blessed Is She

The Spiritual Practice of Fasting (+ Its Fruits)

I hate fasting. To be completely honest, I’ve felt a little bit grateful that I’ve gotten out of the Ash Wednesday and Good Friday fasts for the last two years...
Litany of Saints for Teachers - Blessed Is She

Litany of Saints for Teachers

Over the course of a career, teachers are tasked with the important job of helping thousands of individuals develop their God-given gifts with which they will (hopefully) better society and...
Litany of Saints for Students - Blessed Is She

Litany of Saints for Students

In this day and age, education is a necessity. And as a necessity, it often causes a lot of stress and turmoil. Because of the strife, it’s sometimes hard to...
Friends with Saints Series // Zelie Martin - Blessed Is She

Friends with Saints Series // Zelie Martin

Friendship, as has been said, consists in a full commitment of the will to another person with a view to that person's good. -Pope Saint John Paul II Friendships feed...
The Rules for Discernment from Saint Ignatius of Loyola - Blessed Is She

The Rules for Discernment from Saint Ignatius of Loyola

Our lives are full of decisions. From the significant to the seemingly minor, living an intentional life means we pay attention to those decisions—being active participators rather than passive observers....
Friends with Saints Series // Natalia Tulasiewicz - Blessed Is She

Friends with Saints Series // Natalia Tulasiewicz

Friendship, as has been said, consists in a full commitment of the will to another person with a view to that person's good. -Pope Saint John Paul II Friendships feed...
Friends with Saints Series // Victoria Rasoamanarivo - Blessed Is She

Friends with Saints Series // Victoria Rasoamanarivo

Friendship, as has been said, consists in a full commitment of the will to another person with a view to that person's good. -Pope Saint John Paul II Friendships feed...