Devotions

A Light Without a Light Bulb and Hot Dogs - Blessed Is She

I've spent years with others' lights shining around me, and proudly so. The sister who's an international speaker, the brother...

From Guilt to Merciful Prayer - Blessed Is She

The other day as I was praying, I kept thinking about a friend who shared with me that she felt...

Unlikely Friendship - Blessed Is She

As you read this, most of the Blessed is She Team is gathered on retreat. We are a small community...

Strong Little Acts of Love - Blessed Is She

Last summer, I made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and spent a month journeying from town to town in...

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Tears as Treasure - Blessed Is She

So often when women visit my office and sit in the “chair of weeping,” they begin with apologies for their...

Holy by His Standards - Blessed Is She

“You’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t.” That’s the disheartening sentiment that I usually mumble to myself...

A God of Intimacy - Blessed Is She

When I was eighteen, I began studying at Arizona State University. In the sea of 65,000 students, I no longer...

Remember to Use the Turn Signal - Blessed Is She

We have all experienced it. The priest tells us to “go in peace, glorifying the Lord by your life,” and...

Calling Me Back Again and Again - Blessed Is She

I fail and fall short. I mess up time and time again. I sin, confess them, and sin again. And...

But Are We Choosing Him? - Blessed Is She

Throughout all of our lives, we're called to become more and more like Jesus. And today we hear that Jesus...

Spiritually in Training to Be Like Him - Blessed Is She

Amidst all the talk of the blind leading the blind, hypocrites, wooden beams, and splinters, there is a line of...

Holy and Beloved - Blessed Is She

Holy and beloved. Those are the words that Saint Paul uses to describe the believers in Colossae in today’s First...

One Day, Each Day, One Choice - Blessed Is She

I find the Beatitudes in today's Gospel hard. (See Luke 6:2-26.) Hard to understand, hard to practice. They feel to...

Prayer in the Gaps - Blessed Is She

Have you prayed with a child? It’s a sweet and humbling experience. I get to do it nightly with my...

Withered Hands, Withered Hearts - Blessed Is She

Why haven’t you asked Me to heal this? The Lord prodded my heart as I reflected on the particular physical...

Welcome Him as You Would Me - Blessed Is She

What is the warmest welcome you have ever received? Mine was when I traveled to Hawaii to train youth ministers...

I Want What He Wants - Blessed Is She

Sometimes I wonder what I will see when I look back on the tapestry of my life. Will I see...