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Why We Need St. Oscar Romero - Blessed Is She

Why We Need St. Oscar Romero

In October of 2018, Pope Francis canonized the seven newest Saints in the Church. Among them was Bishop and martyr, St. Oscar Romero, whose first feast day we celebrate today....
The Kingdom of Heaven is Near - Blessed Is She

The Kingdom of Heaven is Near

The Kingdom of Heaven is near. it's just around the corner just under the veil. Oh, if I could just identify that corner that I might turn it. Oh, see...
Let Your Light Shine: Braving Solo Travel to Attend the Blessed is She Retreat - Blessed Is She

Let Your Light Shine: Braving Solo Travel to Attend the Blessed is She Retreat

Just shy of two years ago, I was in my home watching Beth Davis do a Teachable Tuesday talk on Instagram. She discussed letting God know your dreams. The idea...
Sts. Perpetua and Felicity: What Modern Catholic Women Can Learn from Two Third-Century Martyrs - Blessed Is She

Sts. Perpetua and Felicity: What Modern Catholic Women Can Learn from Two Third-Century Martyrs

I recognized their names from the Roman Canon, but it wasn’t until daily Mass one March 7th that the priest brought Sts. Perpetua and Felicity to life before the eyes...
Tangible Ways to Help Stop Human Trafficking - Blessed Is She

Tangible Ways to Help Stop Human Trafficking

How I wish that all of us would hear God’s cry: ‘Where is your brother?’ (Gen. 4:9). Where is your brother or sister who is enslaved? Where is the brother...
Who's on First in a Marriage Vocation? - Blessed Is She

Who's on First in a Marriage Vocation?

I once asked a priest, “If we are called to total unity with God and, yet, a person is called to unity with a spouse, is total unity with God...
Living Our Baptismal Identity and the Universal Call to Holiness - Blessed Is She

Living Our Baptismal Identity and the Universal Call to Holiness

When St. John the Baptist baptized his cousin in the Jordan River, the heavens opened above Jesus and God the Father proclaimed, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I...
5 Ways to Know Yourself and Your Gifts Better - Blessed Is She

5 Ways to Know Yourself and Your Gifts Better

A year ago it hit me. I woke up in the realization that I was *finally* in a different place. It was like the fog had lifted and the clouds...
Continue SEEKing the Lord After the SEEK Conference - Blessed Is She

Continue SEEKing the Lord After the SEEK Conference

Indianapolis was cold, am I right? I mean, this California girl had to wear a scarf for a legit reason…I was freezing! But what kept me warm was not the...
Being a Great Mom in Jesus' Eyes - Blessed Is She

Being a Great Mom in Jesus' Eyes

I’ve got exactly nine minutes until I should be pulling out of my driveway. One minute less than 10 to pump, change into work clothes, do my hair, throw on...
How to Make an End-of-Year Retreat - Blessed Is She

How to Make an End-of-Year Retreat

For the last couple of years during the holiday season, my husband and I have carved out time away from our kids and normal routine for an “end-of-year retreat.” Maybe...
Let's Not Talk the Talk - Blessed Is She

Let's Not Talk the Talk

When I started out in the working world, my older sister gave me some advice about gossip. She said I should never say anything to anyone that I would not...