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He Is for Us - Blessed Is She

He Is for Us

For a few months leading up to my participation in a Theology of the Body retreat, every time I attended Mass, I would be jolted into remembrance of a particular...
July 20, 2020
Turn Toward Him - Blessed Is She

Turn Toward Him

We all desire intimacy with the Lord whether we realize it or not. And in many cases, in prayer, we might find ourselves asking God for His nearness, like in...
July 19, 2020
Where Is Your Heart in Their Struggle? - Blessed Is She

Where Is Your Heart in Their Struggle?

Every day I drive from the beaches of Orange County to the cement jungles of Los Angeles. And every day I drive past torn tents and boxed cities that house...
July 18, 2020
True Friend, True Treasure - Blessed Is She

True Friend, True Treasure

I was longing for a true friend. The previous months had been painful. I had lost my boyfriend through a frightening breakup, and I felt the disappearance of friends whom...
July 17, 2020
Battling for Joy - Blessed Is She

Battling for Joy

The cool September air blew gently into the room as my husband opened the back door to leave for work. A lonely dread sat in my chest. I did not...
July 16, 2020
Power in the Simple - Blessed Is She

Power in the Simple

I don’t know what happens to us as we age, how we go from sitting on the trampoline and marveling at the twinkling nighttime sky to sitting on our couches...
July 15, 2020
You Can Be Brave - Blessed Is She

You Can Be Brave

I was absentmindedly deleting old messages on my phone when my Mom’s text thread popped up. My finger hovered over the screen as I debated over rereading our last texts....
July 14, 2020
Things Not on My Bucket List - Blessed Is She

Things Not on My Bucket List

Pain is awful. I've suffered through sickness, surgery, unmedicated labor, and natural childbirth. Not so long ago, even the pain from a measly splinter in my hand left me feeling...
July 13, 2020
Seeds on the Ground, Spaghetti on the Floor - Blessed Is She

Seeds on the Ground, Spaghetti on the Floor

Mealtimes at our home are—how shall I put it—challenging. With three young children, our mealtimes are spent bargaining, cutting everything into choke-resistant pieces, keeping the food separated on the plate,...
July 12, 2020
I Gotta Quiet It Down - Blessed Is She

I Gotta Quiet It Down

"What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light; what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops" (Matthew 10:27). My spiritual director asked, "How's your prayer?" He...
July 11, 2020
He Will Speak Through You - Blessed Is She

He Will Speak Through You

At the age of seventeen, I participated in a week-long retreat called “Young Apostles” for a summer Catholic Steubenville conference in Tucson, Arizona. At the end of the week, the...
July 10, 2020
Stop Grasping and Start Kingdom Living - Blessed Is She

Stop Grasping and Start Kingdom Living

For most of my growing-up years into my late twenties, I believed I would "live my best life" when I had all the things I hoped for. You know what...
July 09, 2020