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Wholeheartedly Committed - Blessed Is She

Wholeheartedly Committed

Much of my prayer time lately has revolved around what it means to be interested in following Jesus versus what it means to be committed to following Jesus. And what...
May 25, 2019
A Love That Wills the Good - Blessed Is She

A Love That Wills the Good

I have a simple, hand-painted wooden sign that hangs above the table in my kitchen. It is robin's egg blue with curvy white lettering that reads, "Love God. Love People."...
May 24, 2019
Remain in His Love - Blessed Is She

Remain in His Love

A few months ago, my guardian angel bracelet sparked a conversation with a woman on my flight who was particularly curious about the relationship between my life as a student...
May 23, 2019
Literally Impossible - Blessed Is She

Literally Impossible

Today is the feast of Saint Rita of Cascia, the patron Saint of impossible causes alongside our buddy, Saint Jude. And the Good Lord knows we all have about one...
May 22, 2019
Peace in the Storm - Blessed Is She

Peace in the Storm

Lately, it feels like I have been living in a storm. I am the parent of a child with special health needs and, for the first time since he was...
May 21, 2019
Transformation of the Shield - Blessed Is She

Transformation of the Shield

I sit in the chapel and come undone, my small form huddled before the God of the Universe. I’m physically exhausted from chronic illness attacks. I’m cradling deep wounds, fighting...
May 20, 2019
Does Your Love Spill Out? - Blessed Is She

Does Your Love Spill Out?

There was something different about Carla. I was a college student and her oldest child was a freshman in high school, but I didn’t care about the age gap. I...
May 19, 2019
Ugh, Jealous - Blessed Is She

Ugh, Jealous

Why can’t I pray like she does? How many times have I jealously thought this to myself? I have wondered why others appear to have closer relationships with God. She...
May 18, 2019
Your Example, Their Encounter - Blessed Is She

Your Example, Their Encounter

I love Saint Paul, and I love him in the Acts of the Apostles! He was able to speak more concisely than he wrote. (Seriously, in all his letters he...
May 16, 2019
The Spring Will Come - Blessed Is She

The Spring Will Come

Spring is starting here in Southern California. After months of an unusually dreary season, the light is beginning to peek through the clouds and the cold, wet ground is beginning...
May 15, 2019
What Does Remaining Look Like for You? - Blessed Is She

What Does Remaining Look Like for You?

I remember the relief of not being chosen last for kickball. It wasn’t that I loved kickball. I just didn’t want to feel forgotten. “Pick me! Choose me!” The desire...
May 14, 2019
The Gentle Light of Mary - Blessed Is She

The Gentle Light of Mary

On this day 102 years ago a beautiful woman dressed in blazing white appeared to three shepherd children tending a field in rural nowhere, Portugal. Her message to them would...
May 13, 2019