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Weekly Wallpaper // 137 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 137

The hand of the Lord feeds us; he answers all our needs. // Psalm 145 Download and share these beautiful wallpapers from Erica of Be a Heart. You can purchase...
Imperfect + Honest - Blessed Is She

Imperfect + Honest

If you ask me what you are to do in order to be perfect, I say, first- Do not lie in bed beyond the due time of rising; give your...
3 Strikes: Rejoice, Be Patient, Pray - Blessed Is She

3 Strikes: Rejoice, Be Patient, Pray

I naively thought when you graduate college, get a job and find your spouse, that you were living out God’s will and all would be relatively fine. As we all...
Dating and the Quest for Holiness - Blessed Is She

Dating and the Quest for Holiness

Dating and holiness are not two words that I often associate with each other. The modern, free-range dating of today’s world leaves us with precious few saintly examples to follow...
The Feast of Sts. Anne and Joachim - Blessed Is She

The Feast of Sts. Anne and Joachim

The first time I remember learning about St. Anne was when I was in the fourth grade and I had to write a short paper on whichever saint I wanted....
Modesty: Healing the Wounds of Conditional Love - Blessed Is She

Modesty: Healing the Wounds of Conditional Love

When I first encountered the Catholic Church, I was blessed to be welcomed into a community of young women living their faith with vivacity and energy. As a secular feminist,...
St. Teresa of Avila and the Cathedrals of Spain - Blessed Is She

St. Teresa of Avila and the Cathedrals of Spain

I recently went on a grand and life-changing adventure/pilgrimage/trip to Spain. I set out with the intention to read and reflect on St. Teresa of Avila, but by the end...
Weekly Wallpaper // 136 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 136

Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted. // Matthew 15:13 Yikes, I think to myself. Is that what it is You've been doing? Everything that...
The Mindful Catholic Review: Mindful in an Authentically Catholic Way - Blessed Is She

The Mindful Catholic Review: Mindful in an Authentically Catholic Way

It is like I was born again in the slowness of that hospital room. It was easy to be mindful and open and feel since the feelings were overwhelming and...
Trees + Dust - Blessed Is She

Trees + Dust

I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is pressed Against the earth's sweet flowing breast; A tree that looks...
Surrendering with Lipstick On - Blessed Is She

Surrendering with Lipstick On

Surrender is like giving up but with lipstick on. And it’s that lipstick that makes all the difference. I’ve always been a lipstick gal. I remember as a teenager my...
Peace that Liberates the Soul - Blessed Is She

Peace that Liberates the Soul

All my life, I’ve been a restless soul—a wayfarer, so to speak—always seeking the next adventure or following the trail of excitement. Yet another side of me pined for peace...