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Every Sin Has a Backstory - Blessed Is She

My friend told me he is gay. I love him dearly but he wants me to celebrate him coming out....

The Challenges and Opportunities of Fostering Faith in Our Kids - Blessed Is She

I am not feeling particularly good at this "fostering faith" thing right now. I thought I was. But, in our...

Weekly Wallpaper // 217 - Blessed Is She

For just as by the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man’s obedience the...

Living Lent When Your Life is in Transition - Blessed Is She

As I’m writing this, I am 34 weeks pregnant. My to-do list feels a mile long, filled with tasks varying...

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Books to Read During Lent - Blessed Is She

Am I the only one wondering how Lent has already arrived? It feels like just yesterday I was decorating my...

Mourning the Life You Envisioned - Blessed Is She

“Let go of the life you imagined for the life God has ready for you.” How many times have you...

Choosing a Theme for Lent - Blessed Is She

Coming up with something to give up for Lent was easy as a child. I would give up my soda...

Weekly Wallpaper // 216 - Blessed Is She

The Lord is kind and merciful. // Psalm 103:8a Download these beautiful free wallpapers from Abigail Katherine Rose from today's...

Feeling Cold - Blessed Is She

It had been a “bleak midwinter” in West Michigan, to say the least. I did not experience the normal delight...

Living as a Cloistered Cistercian Nun - Blessed Is She

Valley of Our Lady Monastery is a community of Cistercian nuns who live a life of contemplative prayer according to...

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

It was the first full week of January. My children were back in school, and life was slowly returning to...

How to Support Foster Families - Blessed Is She

The Works of Mercy are charitable actions by which we come to the aid of our neighbor in his spiritual...

Weekly Wallpaper // 215 - Blessed Is She

If you choose you can keep the commandments, they will save you; if you trust in God, you too shall...

On the Feast of St. Claude de la Colombière - Blessed Is She

The feast of St. Claude de la Colombiere is very timely, as it lands on the day after Valentine’s Day....

The Search is Over - Blessed Is She

I was in my car when the 1985 song, “The Search is Over,” by Surrender came on the radio. I...

BIS Reads: Ministry of Ordinary Places - Blessed Is She

Last fall, there was a terrible commotion down the street from me—firetrucks and police cars were everywhere, blocking the road....

Quo Vadis?: On the Humanity of St. Peter - Blessed Is She

The humanity of St. Peter has always captivated me—from his declaration at the Transfiguration that building tents is the best...