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The First Joyful Mystery - Blessed Is She

The First Joyful Mystery

  This is my first time writing for Blessed is She, and I was not at all prepared to reflect on such an intense reading. The Annunciation. It’s one of...
December 20, 2014
Longing Together - Blessed Is She

Longing Together

Infertility during Advent? The worst. Take a whole season about waiting for a baby to arrive, and then plop a desperate, hormonal, weepy not-yet-mother-to-be right in the middle. Ugly. I...
December 19, 2014
Why Advent is My Favorite - Blessed Is She

Why Advent is My Favorite

  As someone who walks with women along the journey of pregnancy and childbirth, it is particularly meaningful for me to think about the things that Mary must have experienced...
December 18, 2014
He is Mine and I am His - Blessed Is She

He is Mine and I am His

First Reading:Genesis 49:2, 8-10 Assemble and hear, O sons of Jacob, and hearken to Israel your father. Judah, your brothers shall praise you; your hand shall be on the neck...
December 17, 2014
Longing for Him in My Heart - Blessed Is She

Longing for Him in My Heart

  When the righteous cry for help, the LORD hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles. (Psalm 34:17) Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness ....
December 16, 2014
Waiting with Longing - Blessed Is She

Waiting with Longing

With only ten days to go until Christmas, my children are little corked-up vials of excitement, bubbling up, ready to pop at any minute with frantic anticipation. After so many...
December 15, 2014
Rejoicing with Mary - Blessed Is She

Rejoicing with Mary

Today, the Third Sunday of Advent, often referred to as Gaudete Sunday because of the Introit said at the beginning of Mass today, is one of my favorite days of...
December 14, 2014
Keeping Secrets - Blessed Is She

Keeping Secrets

"Tell no one the vision . . ." Tell no one. Has anyone ever shared some truly amazing news with you, only to ask that you keep it to yourself...
December 13, 2014
Yes. I Do. - Blessed Is She

Yes. I Do.

  Yes. I Do. Today's Gospel, wow, Mary's Fiat. It's beautiful. There is so much here. So much is waging on this moment. What would the world be like if...
December 12, 2014
Ask Our Father for Help - Blessed Is She

Ask Our Father for Help

  Fear not, I will help you. It seem so easy. We know we were created by an all-loving God who is ours twenty-four hours a day. We must only...
December 11, 2014
I Know You're Weary - Blessed Is She

I Know You're Weary

I am like a hamster in the wheel, heart always racing, always moving, always going. I have to do this and I have to do that. There is a constant...
December 10, 2014
That Shepherd Who Wants You - Blessed Is She

That Shepherd Who Wants You

  It’s easy to get lost. I don’t mean lost in a physical sense (though I admit I sometimes do that, too), but lost spiritually—and especially at this time of...
December 09, 2014