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Prayer for the Anxious Woman - Blessed Is She

Prayer for the Anxious Woman

About a year ago I was diagnosed with chronic PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) resulting from some childhood trauma. Looking back, I did suffer from severe anxiety my senior year...
Weekly Wallpaper // 98 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 98

Christ became obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Because of this, God greatly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every...
Liturgical Living for the Everyday Woman - Blessed Is She

Liturgical Living for the Everyday Woman

Let's say you want to make more time to celebrate the liturgical year, but every time you go searching for ideas, you find a plethora of children’s craft and youth...
Digital Detox—Mind, Body, and Soul - Blessed Is She

Digital Detox—Mind, Body, and Soul

Chances are you've been compelled—more than once—to reach for your phone or other flashy device when it's not exactly helpful, polite, or even safe. Chances are you've also seen many...
Best-Lent-Evah-itis (Like Senioritis But Worse) - Blessed Is She

Best-Lent-Evah-itis (Like Senioritis But Worse)

I sometimes discover myself holding a funny tool to measure ‘success’ the spiritual life. Here we are: deep into Lent. At this point you and I might be tempted to...
Blessed is She Reviews: La La Land -"Lalaloved it" - Blessed Is She

Blessed is She Reviews: La La Land -"Lalaloved it"

From the moment I saw the trailer to La La Land, I knew it was different. I was hooked. Without a single word, the music-only preview captured every ounce of...
Living the Corporal Works of Mercy - Blessed Is She

Living the Corporal Works of Mercy

I'm sure many of you have heard of "The Good Samaritan Experiment." Here's the idea behind the experiment: they gave theology students a presentation to prepare, one group on the...
Saint Joseph, Patron Saint of "What Am I Doing with My Life?" - Blessed Is She

Saint Joseph, Patron Saint of "What Am I Doing with My Life?"

It’s happened to all of us. At least once. Likely many more times. It may be a flustered, fleeting fathoming. It may be a more contemplated conundrum. Sometimes it’s a...
Almsgiving // Unbound + Sponsorsing a Child - Blessed Is She

Almsgiving // Unbound + Sponsorsing a Child

During Lent, we focus on three areas – prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Today I want to share with you about one of the our favorite charities that we support through...
Almsgiving // L'Arche USA - Blessed Is She

Almsgiving // L'Arche USA

L'Arche is an international movement made up of communities around the world where adults with and without disabilities live together in a spirit of mutual respect, love, and celebration. Their...
10 Things You Might Not Know about Saint Patrick - Blessed Is She

10 Things You Might Not Know about Saint Patrick

Good ole’ Saint Patrick. Father of the acclaimed holiday boasting some of the best parades, parties, and Irish food one can find—a saint who makes green everyone’s color at least...
Almsgiving // Heart's Home - Blessed Is She

Almsgiving // Heart's Home

It was the night before my grad school interview. I was two months away from my last class of college and imagined that I would get my masters and be...