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Scripture Verses to Pray When You Have the Winter Blues - Blessed Is She

Scripture Verses to Pray When You Have the Winter Blues

It was the first full week of January. My children were back in school, and life was slowly returning to normal after a fun, but unstructured, Christmas break. I expected...
Scavenger Hunt for God - Blessed Is She

Scavenger Hunt for God

I see Him in the most unlikely of places now. He appears in my peripheral vision as I pray, when a bird appears suddenly on my windowsill. My heart stirs...
The Restore Retreat Can Change Your Life - Blessed Is She

The Restore Retreat Can Change Your Life

You empty yourself for others on a regular basis. You crave intimacy with Jesus. You long for community with other Catholic women. You want to be still for a moment....
Grace in the Wanting: Searching for a Unique + Intimate Relationship with Jesus - Blessed Is She

Grace in the Wanting: Searching for a Unique + Intimate Relationship with Jesus

Before I met my husband, I was so annoyed by people with boyfriends. They spent all their time together, talking nonstop, always considering what the other person wanted or thought....
How I Pray with My Husband - Blessed Is She

How I Pray with My Husband

For a long time, my husband and I didn’t pray together the way we do now. We’d been together in prayer a lot, praying side by side at church, sharing...
The Humility of Asking for Prayers for Yourself - Blessed Is She

The Humility of Asking for Prayers for Yourself

Within my own life, there are a few common sentiments expressed in everyday life that make my heart twinge with sharp little pains every time I hear them. Things like...
Behind the Scenes of Blessed is She // Tools + Tech - Blessed Is She

Behind the Scenes of Blessed is She // Tools + Tech

We're often asked a variety of questions about what the Blessed is She ministry uses to make videos, downloads, and so on. So we're pulling back the tech-y curtain—come on...
Here, Too: The 2020 Lent Devotional for Catholic Women - Blessed Is She

Here, Too: The 2020 Lent Devotional for Catholic Women

As we close the Advent and Christmas seasons, we enter a brief but beautiful moment of Ordinary Time. And then, in just a matter of weeks, our journey to the...
Why You Should Pray the 54-Day Rosary Novena - Blessed Is She

Why You Should Pray the 54-Day Rosary Novena

Last year, my husband Mike and I went through a period of time when we didn’t pray together. It was disastrous. Thank God that time was short lived; but we...
Catholic Books for Your New Year's Resolutions - Blessed Is She

Catholic Books for Your New Year's Resolutions

We have reached this year's final days. And in a couple of days, we will ring in a new year. When the year comes to a close, I like to...
Scripture Verses to Pray During Times of Anxiety - Blessed Is She

Scripture Verses to Pray During Times of Anxiety

Disclaimer: This post is not intended to undermine the reality of clinical anxiety. As someone who has personally benefited from both counseling and medicinal help when battling anxiety, please know...
The Importance of Mealtime Prayer - Blessed Is She

The Importance of Mealtime Prayer

“Come, Lord Jesus, be our guest, and let these gifts to us be blessed. Amen.” That was the mealtime prayer I grew up with in my God-filled Lutheran home. Other...