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Embracing the Struggle: Kissing His Wounds

Embracing the Struggle: Kissing His Wounds

Let us invite Christ into the suffering and struggle. Let us embrace it. Because God is with us, and He redeems our pain.

Ten Saints Every Woman Should Know

Ten Saints Every Woman Should Know

This fall, get to know these ten female Saints who not only overcame difficult situations, but also allowed their sufferings to bring them deeper into holiness. 

Still Single: How to Survive the Wedding Season Solo

Still Single: How to Survive the Wedding Season Solo

Going solo? Here are five helpful tips for single women that will make attending any wedding fun and memorable.

Your Vocation is Love

Your Vocation is Love

No matter what our state of life is, our vocation doesn’t begin at the altar. In dating, love is still sacrificial. It is still a choice, not just a feeling.

How to Date Like a Saint

How to Date Like a Saint

Discover how the Saints met their spouses and how the sacramental grace of marriage helped them endure life’s difficulties and unknowns.

No Greater Love: Five Summer Saints Who Defended Marriage

No Greater Love: Five Summer Saints Who Defended Marriage

This summer, let us honor the feast days of five Saints who gave their lives to defend the sanctity of marriage.

Fashioned to Protect: Ribs and the Mystery of Woman

Fashioned to Protect: Ribs and the Mystery of Woman

Woman, formed from a rib, has great power over the opposite sex. But is called, instead, to quietly guard the heart of her man. He, in turn, will guard her, fight for her, in the best way he can.

Marriage Advice: What Husbands Want to Hear

Marriage Advice: What Husbands Want to Hear

In marriage, balancing correction with compliments is the key to a man's heart. Here are four things husbands want to hear.

Catholic Women Speakers | Blessed is She Team Members - Blessed Is She

Catholic Women Speakers | Blessed is She Team Members

When it comes to planning an event, conference, or parish night for Catholic women, there are so many details to handle and decisions to make. At the top of that...
Dating Advice From Archbishop Fulton Sheen

Dating Advice From Archbishop Fulton Sheen

Archbishop Sheen outlines three tests to search for the Spirit of Christ within an individual. And these tests could offer insights when discerning a spouse.

7 Lessons I’ve Learned in Marriage - Blessed Is She

7 Lessons I’ve Learned in Marriage

Recently, I had the joyful opportunity of attending the wedding Mass of my son’s teacher and her (now) husband. It had been a long time since I attended a Nuptial...
Bagels and the Providence of God - Blessed Is She

Bagels and the Providence of God

Let me paint the scene: It was a girl’s day out, everyone was grabbing some lunch, and I was stuck in the ordering line having an existential crisis about whether...