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In His Heart: The 2020 Prayer Pledge // Day 16 - Blessed Is She

In His Heart: The 2020 Prayer Pledge // Day 16

“Close your eyes after Holy Communion,†Father Andrew instructed. “Let yourself feel the loving embrace of Jesus.†I try to remain attentive to the presence of Jesus after receiving Holy Communion. I believe with all my heart that His precious Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity dwell within me in a special way. As a mom of six, however, I often have to spend this time with one eye open, making sure my children stay relatively quiet, while our parish community prays around us...
Behind the Scenes of Blessed is She // Tools + Tech - Blessed Is She

Behind the Scenes of Blessed is She // Tools + Tech

We're often asked a variety of questions about what the Blessed is She ministry uses to make videos, downloads, and so on. So we're pulling back the tech-y curtain—come on...
In His Heart: The 2020 Prayer Pledge // Day 15 - Blessed Is She

In His Heart: The 2020 Prayer Pledge // Day 15

I walk with my friend. We’re set on finally finding Jesus. We’ve heard Him speak. We’ve seen Him heal. If only we could get close enough…
Cultivating Virtuous Community - Blessed Is She

Cultivating Virtuous Community

Community is something we need at all walks of our faith life. Whether we are searching for the Truth and are shown the love of God from our friends around...
In His Heart: The 2020 Prayer Pledge // Day 14 - Blessed Is She

In His Heart: The 2020 Prayer Pledge // Day 14

The air in the chapel contains an allure, powerful yet gentle. And I am drawn into the intensity of God’s love for me. It is so present, so tangible. It is almost overwhelming. But am I just being silly, like a girl being wooed by a handsome prince in some fairy tale?...
In His Heart: The 2020 Prayer Pledge // Day 13 - Blessed Is She

In His Heart: The 2020 Prayer Pledge // Day 13

Several years ago, I had an ongoing vision in my Christian imagination of Jesus and me on a playground. When the image first entered my prayer, I asked, “On a playground, Lord? Really?†And in reply, Jesus laughed! And with a glimmer in His eye and a warm smile across His face, He extended His hand in invitation...
Here, Too: The 2020 Lent Devotional for Catholic Women - Blessed Is She

Here, Too: The 2020 Lent Devotional for Catholic Women

As we close the Advent and Christmas seasons, we enter a brief but beautiful moment of Ordinary Time. And then, in just a matter of weeks, our journey to the...
In His Heart: The 2020 Prayer Pledge // Day 12 - Blessed Is She

In His Heart: The 2020 Prayer Pledge // Day 12

The pain and suffering were like nothing I had ever endured. I could not believe how much had been given and taken away in such a short amount of time. It felt unbearable...
Why You Should Pray the 54-Day Rosary Novena - Blessed Is She

Why You Should Pray the 54-Day Rosary Novena

Last year, my husband Mike and I went through a period of time when we didn’t pray together. It was disastrous. Thank God that time was short lived; but we...
In His Heart: The 2020 Prayer Pledge // Day 11 - Blessed Is She

In His Heart: The 2020 Prayer Pledge // Day 11

As I enter the chapel, I immediately notice that I’m not alone. The presence of Another is so real, so palpable; it fills the entire space. I kneel down before Jesus, truly present in the Holy Eucharist, housed in the beautiful gold monstrance upon the altar. I feel His eyes on me, and He smiles. He has been waiting for me...
How to Choose Godparents for Your Child - Blessed Is She

How to Choose Godparents for Your Child

I was so excited when my sister and brother-in-law asked my brother and I to be godparents to their first child, Xavier. As all of us are practicing Catholics, my...
In His Heart: The 2020 Prayer Pledge // Day 10 - Blessed Is She

In His Heart: The 2020 Prayer Pledge // Day 10

We have spent this first week together diving more deeply into the mystery of the Heart of Jesus: so merciful, so gentle, and so personally loving to each one of us. What a gift to start 2020 with several weeks of reflection and prayer of the gift of the Heart of Jesus to us! There are many different types of prayers of consecration to the Sacred Heart. Today we reflect on one from St. Margaret Mary Alacoque...