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Outta My Mind for Jesus - Blessed Is She

Outta My Mind for Jesus

I sank into the car after a long day of work, weary but elated. My military training had ended sooner than expected, and I dialed my husband to share the...
January 20, 2018
Called by Name to Be with Him - Blessed Is She

Called by Name to Be with Him

I come from a family that really likes names as well as lots of nicknames. Each of us children has at least five nicknames that we can affectionately call one...
January 19, 2018
God's Got This - Blessed Is She

God's Got This

I trust in God; I am not afraid. I have fears. Fears of failing as a wife, as a mother, as a daughter, sister, friend, especially as a Christian. I...
January 18, 2018
Let Him Shatter Your Expectations - Blessed Is She

Let Him Shatter Your Expectations

Yesterday was a bad day. I was up half the night with a sick toddler, and then that same child decided to be up for good at 4:30 am, foiling...
January 17, 2018
Making the Ordinary into the Extraordinary - Blessed Is She

Making the Ordinary into the Extraordinary

Not as man sees does God see, because he sees the appearance, but the Lord looks into the heart. (1 Samuel 16:7) Have you ever felt wholly unwilling to say...
January 16, 2018
The King Saul Complex - Blessed Is She

The King Saul Complex

It was evening. I was little. My Mom finished dishing up Stove-Top stuffing on my plate. I needed to at least try it. When Mom left the kitchen, I scampered...
January 15, 2018
Ready to Respond - Blessed Is She

Ready to Respond

Servanthood. In today’s readings we see young, devout followers of great teachers, Samuel, apprentice of Eli, and Andrew, follower of Saint John the Baptist, learn to see past their human...
January 14, 2018
Taking It Directly to Jesus - Blessed Is She

Taking It Directly to Jesus

Here’s one thing I kind of like about the Pharisees: it’s so easy to feel superior to them. Reading this Gospel, I give myself a smug little high-five because I’d...
January 13, 2018
A Hidden Friendship - Blessed Is She

A Hidden Friendship

The first time I saw Frankie I knew she would never want to be my friend. We could not be any more different. Her home was new and big, mine...
January 12, 2018
Tender Hearted and Loved - Blessed Is She

Tender Hearted and Loved

Dishes were done, lunches were packed, counters had been wiped, and babes were sleeping in their beds. He stood in the kitchen and I leaned my head against door frame....
January 11, 2018
Attentively Listening to You, Lord - Blessed Is She

Attentively Listening to You, Lord

In today's First Reading, Samuel responded to Eli every time he heard himself being called. Even though he was asleep each time, Samuel woke up quickly and he ran to...
January 10, 2018
The Cunning Enemy - Blessed Is She

The Cunning Enemy

One of Satan’s most effective weapons in the modern age is that while the culture is utterly fascinated with witchcraft, dark magic, occult practices, and gnosticism, many Christians—perhaps even the...
January 09, 2018