for the modern catholic woman

The Blessed is She Blog

Meeting at the Golden Gate // Saints Joachim and Anne - Blessed Is She

Meeting at the Golden Gate // Saints Joachim and Anne

Imagine having to learn Scripture, not through paging through the pages of your Bible, but by walking into your church and viewing its artwork. The Legend of St. Joachim, Meeting...
Weekly Wallpaper // 283 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 283

Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed them to those who were reclining, and also as much of the fish as they wanted. // John 6:11 Love this...
The Thing that Happened in Between - Blessed Is She

The Thing that Happened in Between

“I was one way … and now I am completely different. And the thing that happened in between … was Him.” These are my favorite lines from Season 1 of...
BIS Reads // The Catholic All Year Prayer Companion - Blessed Is She

BIS Reads // The Catholic All Year Prayer Companion

Truthfully, I did not know much about the existence of the liturgical year until late high school/early college. Once I became aware of the rhythms of the Church year, the...
Pebbles at Another’s Feet //  A Poem on Grieving - Blessed Is She

Pebbles at Another’s Feet // A Poem on Grieving

I’ve learned to see Grief like she’s my sister, learned to love, to be patient with her. I embrace Grief and she walks with me on blistered feet, sometimes hand-in-hand...
Weekly Wallpaper // 282 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 282

He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.” // Mark 6:31 Love this from today's readings. Let His word dwell in us...
Consolation During Spiritual Attack - Blessed Is She

Consolation During Spiritual Attack

There are times in our lives when the devil has been particularly active. Whether it’s a flat tire on the way to an important event, the microphone not working in...
5 Books to Read for Making and Breaking Habits - Blessed Is She

5 Books to Read for Making and Breaking Habits

I scrolled through Facebook until a Disney meme caught my eye. It was a picture of a Cruella de Vil driving with clenched fists, bloodshot eyes, and frizzy hair. The...
Running Without Music, Not Without Purpose - Blessed Is She

Running Without Music, Not Without Purpose

On the day of my first marathon, I woke up at 4:30 a.m. After dressing in my running shorts and tank top, I found a Sharpie and opened my journal...
Weekly Wallpaper // 281 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 281

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavens, as he chose us in him,...
The Three Responses to Sin - Blessed Is She

The Three Responses to Sin

Over a decade ago I heard Mother Angelica make the following analogy in regards to sin and holiness. This audacious Carmelite likened sin to a mud puddle into which no...
BIS Reads // Millennial Nuns by The Daughters of St. Paul - Blessed Is She

BIS Reads // Millennial Nuns by The Daughters of St. Paul

On the night before He suffered, Jesus prayed for His disciples, who were "in the world" but who belonged entirely to Him (see John 17). This call of radical discipleship...