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Seeking Conversion in the Beauty of Ordinary Time - Blessed Is She

When you set a goal to eat healthily and turn to resources to help you do so, one theme you’ll...

St. Rita: Hope and Honeybees - Blessed Is She

Have you ever felt like you need a cheerleader? A friend who knows how to speak courage, hope, peace, and...

Pentecost and the Mother of the Church - Blessed Is She

The past two years, I’ve prepared my 8th grade students for the Sacrament of Confirmation. Our diocese always schedules this...

What is an Indulgence? - Blessed Is She

The word “indulgence” always made me feel a little uncomfortable. Growing up Catholic, I knew it was something Martin Luther...

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What is Marian Consecration? - Blessed Is She

As Catholics, we have an incredibly rich spiritual buffet presented to us. Holy Mother Church offers prayers, devotions, liturgies, and...

What I Learned from St. Francis Xavier - Blessed Is She

This year, the right arm of St. Francis Xavier is travelling across Canada, giving thousands of Catholics the opportunity to...

Learning to Love Jesus with St. Gemma Galgani - Blessed Is She

Let us run to Jesus, Heart of Love, Heart full of tenderness. Let us ask Jesus to give us the...

The Annunciation: One "Yes" at a Time - Blessed Is She

The Annunciation is a marvel to me. As it should be, I suppose. You see, unlike so many women who...

Divine Mercy and the "Spark" of the Sacred Heart - Blessed Is She

It has been just over six years since I made a pilgrimage to Krakow, Poland to visit the Shrine of...

The Life After: A Poem for Holy Saturday - Blessed Is She

I speak now of the Life After, which I can imagine, and not the AfterLife, which I cannot, although He...

Fasting and the Gift of Good Friday - Blessed Is She

For many of us, Good Friday is a day to get through. No meat, plus fasting, plus something about two...

Lodgepoles: On Holy Thursday - Blessed Is She

In another lifetime, I spent a summer working in Yellowstone National Park. I lived with a park ranger, wore a...

Ideas for Displaying Palm Sunday Palms Around Your Home - Blessed Is She

Sisters, please tell me I am not the only one who has, admittedly more than once in my life, lost...

Making Holy Week New - Blessed Is She

Tomorrow, we enter into the holiest week of the Church’s year. If you experienced God’s love and mercy in a...

Giving Our Lives to Jesus: Lessons from St. Joseph - Blessed Is She

A poor but noble man was once betrothed to a beautiful, virtuous young woman. Before the wedding, his fiancé became...

Renewal and Encouragement for Lent - Blessed Is She

Like a new year, Ash Wednesday can come with excitement, plans, and goals. We are determined that this Lent will...

How to Go to Confession (and a Printable Examination of Conscience for Women) - Blessed Is She

The Sacrament of Reconciliation is a great gift to Catholics. But sometimes we don't avail ourselves of this grace as...