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Both Joyful and Humble - Blessed Is She

Both Joyful and Humble

"Go home to your family and announce to them all that the Lord in his pity has done for you.” // Mark 5:19 "Why do we have to go to...
January 31, 2022
He Never Fails - Blessed Is She

He Never Fails

"Love never fails." // 1 Corinthians 13:4 My heart sank in my chest as I heard the words that felt all too familiar: I don’t love you anymore. As I...
January 30, 2022
Sleep Through the Storm - Blessed Is She

Sleep Through the Storm

Jesus was in the stern, asleep on a cushion. They woke him and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” // Mark 4:38 Almost nothing...
January 29, 2022
The “Scatter the Seeds and Go Take a Nap” Method of Gardening - Blessed Is She

The “Scatter the Seeds and Go Take a Nap” Method of Gardening

"Of its own accord the land yields fruit." // Mark 4:28 Gardening has never been my thing. I guess because I haven’t had as much success as the sower in...
January 28, 2022
Lamplight to Guide Us - Blessed Is She

Lamplight to Guide Us

“A lamp to my feet is your word, a light to my path.” // Psalm 119:105 It happens most years by late January: I feel the darkness of the winter...
January 27, 2022
A Seed Among Thorns - Blessed Is She

A Seed Among Thorns

"They are the people who hear the word, but worldly anxiety, the lure of riches, and the craving for other things intrude and choke the word, and it bears no...
January 26, 2022
Patron Saint Games & Story Telling - Blessed Is She

Patron Saint Games & Story Telling

"I asked, ‘What shall I do, sir?’ The Lord answered me, ‘Get up and go into Damascus, and there you will be told about everything appointed for you to do.'"...
January 25, 2022
Smug Superiority and Stillness Within - Blessed Is She

Smug Superiority and Stillness Within

"But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never have forgiveness, but is guilty of an everlasting sin.” For they had said, “He has an unclean spirit.” // Mark 3:29-30...
January 24, 2022
Joy and Strength in the Face of Our Crosses - Blessed Is She

Joy and Strength in the Face of Our Crosses

“Rejoicing in the LORD must be your strength!” // Nehemiah 8:10 I will never forget the day when my spiritual director looked me straight in the eyes and gently reminded...
January 23, 2022
Family Dynamics Aren't Always Easy - Blessed Is She

Family Dynamics Aren't Always Easy

When his relatives heard of this they set out to seize him, for they said, "He is out of his mind." // Mark 3:21 From the time I was young,...
January 22, 2022
Beyond Good Intentions - Blessed Is She

Beyond Good Intentions

“You are in the right rather than I; you have treated me generously, while I have done you harm. Great is the generosity you showed me today . . ....
January 21, 2022
Hey, Jealousy - Blessed Is She

Hey, Jealousy

Saul was very angry and resentful of the song, for he thought: “They give David ten thousands, but only thousands to me." . . . From that day on, Saul...
January 20, 2022