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Saint Quotes for Broken Families - Blessed Is She

Saint Quotes for Broken Families

This time of year often stirs up a variety of feelings about family depending on your family situation. We live in a broken world and sometimes the most broken people...
Who's at Your Thanksgiving Table this Year? - Blessed Is She

Who's at Your Thanksgiving Table this Year?

We are moved to give during the Christmas season and may restrain from going overboard on the Christmas gifts because of our awareness of others going without. Our culture emphasizes...
2021 Blessed is She Gift Guide - Blessed Is She

2021 Blessed is She Gift Guide

2022 Liturgical Planner | Saintly Scents Candles | Emmanuel Christmas Devotional Miraculous Medal Earrings | BIS Water Bottle | Lined Journals Nunc Coepi: A Year of Prayer | Tiny Saints...
Hey Kids, Go Watch Juice Box! - Blessed Is She

Hey Kids, Go Watch Juice Box!

"Hey Mom, can we watch a show?" I quickly scanned the house and zipped through my mental checklist. Schoolwork and chores were finished, they had played outside for several hours,...
6 Ways to Prepare a Quiet Advent NOW - Blessed Is She

6 Ways to Prepare a Quiet Advent NOW

Every year around around this time, I long to slow down, create space, quiet my heart, and find rest. Perhaps I am weary from the toll of this chaotic world....
What to Do When You Struggle to Forgive - Blessed Is She

What to Do When You Struggle to Forgive

"Forgiveness is letting the prisoner go free, only to know the prisoner is me" is an adage that could not be truer in Corrie ten Boom’s life. In her book,...
Discernment as a Team - Blessed Is She

Discernment as a Team

In Catholic circles, the word "discernment" is often thrown around. And with good reason. Making decisions prayerfully and intentionally is one of the best ways we can honor God by...
How to Have Faith in the Midst of Grief - Blessed Is She

How to Have Faith in the Midst of Grief

The other day, my daughter and I were having a conversation about Heaven. She thought that everybody in Heaven were “grandmas and grandpas”, innocently assuming that people only ever died...
Baby Names Inspired by Saint Joseph - Blessed Is She

Baby Names Inspired by Saint Joseph

More and more the Church is coming to a deeper understanding of the irreplaceable role Saint Joseph played in the life of young Jesus. Along with this understanding has come...
Finding Peace in Back-to-School Imperfection - Blessed Is She

Finding Peace in Back-to-School Imperfection

“How was James’ first day?” I asked a friend recently. “Oh, you know, he had some trouble getting on the right bus …” she started to tell me, and then...
10 Catholic Resources for Kids - Blessed Is She

10 Catholic Resources for Kids

“Train the young in the way they should go; even when old, they will not swerve from it.” // Proverbs 22:6 “Nothing gives me greater joy than to hear that...
When Our Children Leave the Nest - Blessed Is She

When Our Children Leave the Nest

This spring, my oldest daughter graduated from high school. It was one of those milestones that I never thought I would reach. But now, it has come and gone. And...