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Celebrating St. Nicholas Day: Unique Ideas - Blessed Is She

Celebrating St. Nicholas Day: Unique Ideas

I’m not going to lie, friends. Prior to writing this post, I did not know much about St. Nicholas. Sure, I knew the familiar Christmas tunes, the heated debates of...
Songs of the Season: Advent Music vs. Christmas Music - Blessed Is She

Songs of the Season: Advent Music vs. Christmas Music

Welcome to Advent, sisters! Isn’t it wonderful that the time has come to prepare for Christ’s birth yet again? What an absolute joy and gift! Yesterday at Mass, you saw...
A Great Light // The 2018 Advent Gathering - Blessed Is She

A Great Light // The 2018 Advent Gathering

Every year, in the midst of Advent, we as a sisterhood take pause for a one-day retreat together. Although we're scattered throughout the entire world, we carve out time in...
Catholic Books to Savor this Advent - Blessed Is She

Catholic Books to Savor this Advent

Every year, around this time, I start to feel a bit weary. The fatigue I feel toward the end of the calendar year can be likened to how a runner...
Advent and Christmas Books for Children - Blessed Is She

Advent and Christmas Books for Children

Sitting down with my children and opening one of our treasured Advent and Christmas picture books has become a dear part of our seasonal family traditions. There is something magical...
Living Liturgically During Advent - Blessed Is She

Living Liturgically During Advent

Advent is, by its very nature, a season of waiting and anticipation, not a destination. But to me this year, it does have a sense of being a “grand finale.”...
Bringing the Light: Preparing for Advent - Blessed Is She

Bringing the Light: Preparing for Advent

One of my favorite memories of our first home in Minnesota was going out on a cold night (which we had no business going out into). It was probably near...
Bearing Light Advent Journal // An Interview with the Designer - Blessed Is She

Bearing Light Advent Journal // An Interview with the Designer

Our social media feeds are lighting up with the sharing of this year's Advent Journal, Bearing Light. We've all been captivated by the beautiful cover design, which will compel us...
Bearing Light Advent Journal // An Interview with the Editor - Blessed Is She

Bearing Light Advent Journal // An Interview with the Editor

As we prepare to celebrate Advent together as a sisterhood, we're deep diving into the creation of this year's Advent Journal called Bearing Light. We sat down with Blessed is...
Weekly Wallpaper // 140 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 140

The Lord is close to the brokenhearted. // Psalm 34:19 This week we have two wallpapers for you, both beautifully designed and lettered by Carolyn of Brass & Mint Co....
Weekly Wallpaper // 138 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 138

Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst. // John 6:35 Download and...
Weekly Wallpaper // 137 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 137

The hand of the Lord feeds us; he answers all our needs. // Psalm 145 Download and share these beautiful wallpapers from Erica of Be a Heart. You can purchase...