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BIS Reads // The Lenten Cookbook - Blessed Is She

BIS Reads // The Lenten Cookbook

The Lenten Cookbook is a brilliant collaboration of David Geisser and Scott Hahn to share their tremendous gifts to inspire joy in fasting. As a world-renowned chef who has had...
Saints Who Lived Poverty in Various Capacities - Blessed Is She

Saints Who Lived Poverty in Various Capacities

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. // Matthew 5:3 When we think of poverty, we usually imagine a lack of financial security and...
Insights from the CFR Priest, Author of Born of Fire - Blessed Is She

Insights from the CFR Priest, Author of Born of Fire

Our very first Lent book exclusively for men is coming out this year... and it's a special one. Father Innocent Montgomery, CFR, wrote it. He walks the reader through their...
For the Family Running on Empty - Blessed Is She

For the Family Running on Empty

The notion of “running on empty” is a common idea for many parents. We often feel like we are giving from a place of emptiness, and yet we alway seem...
All She Had // The 2022 Lent Devotional for Catholic Women - Blessed Is She

All She Had // The 2022 Lent Devotional for Catholic Women

During this colder month, it can be difficult to imagine days in the desert. But give it a try. Lent will be here before we know it; and in Lent,...
Holy Saturday // Recollection, Silence, and Hope - Blessed Is She

Holy Saturday // Recollection, Silence, and Hope

Growing up, I treated Holy Saturday as an early start to Easter. It may not have been the actual celebration of Easter, but I breathed a sigh of relief for...
The Thin Place of Good Friday - Blessed Is She

The Thin Place of Good Friday

Today marks the darkest day of the Church year. It is the sobering remembrance of the Word Incarnate, crucified. Liturgically, it is the only day of the entire year that...
Ideas for Participating in Lent - Blessed Is She

Ideas for Participating in Lent

Last Easter, I distinctly remember getting dumped with snow, spending a large part of the day online (whether Zoom or Mass), and scratching my head about what just happened to...
The Lent Diet - Blessed Is She

The Lent Diet

I remember sitting in the dining room of my sorority house one day as I ate lunch. A few of my sorority sisters were standing around, and I was paying...
How to Figure Out What to Do for Lent - Blessed Is She

How to Figure Out What to Do for Lent

Lent is but a few weeks away, and you might be starting to wonder, "What am I going to do for Lent?!" This question proves to be stressful for many...
How the Lord Has Gently Purified Me - Blessed Is She

How the Lord Has Gently Purified Me

This past Lent was the most transformative one I’ve experienced. It coincided with my Ovarian Wedge Resection recovery. During those forty days, Christ healed me not only physically, but spiritually....
The Heart Behind Our 2021 Lent Devotional - Blessed Is She

The Heart Behind Our 2021 Lent Devotional

This Lent, we are inviting you to offer your hearts over to the Holy Spirit to experience the transformation of His fiery love. In Set a Fire, we explore the...