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One Day, Each Day, One Choice - Blessed Is She

One Day, Each Day, One Choice

I find the Beatitudes in today's Gospel hard. (See Luke 6:2-26.) Hard to understand, hard to practice. They feel to me somehow esoteric and lofty, when I know in reality...
September 11, 2019
Prayer in the Gaps - Blessed Is She

Prayer in the Gaps

Have you prayed with a child? It’s a sweet and humbling experience. I get to do it nightly with my children. When my son was a toddler, I prayed for...
September 10, 2019
Withered Hands, Withered Hearts - Blessed Is She

Withered Hands, Withered Hearts

Why haven’t you asked Me to heal this? The Lord prodded my heart as I reflected on the particular physical suffering He brought to my mind. Admittedly, I was a...
September 09, 2019
Welcome Him as You Would Me - Blessed Is She

Welcome Him as You Would Me

What is the warmest welcome you have ever received? Mine was when I traveled to Hawaii to train youth ministers on four separate islands. On each island I was given...
September 08, 2019
I Want What He Wants - Blessed Is She

I Want What He Wants

Sometimes I wonder what I will see when I look back on the tapestry of my life. Will I see ugly patchwork of scars and loose stitches? Both the First...
September 07, 2019
Taking on Fresh Wineskins - Blessed Is She

Taking on Fresh Wineskins

A few years ago, I found myself devastated by the collapse of a relationship that I had seen as the pinnacle of my identity. It had long been my source...
September 06, 2019
Doing it Really Hard, Probably Not Doing it Right - Blessed Is She

Doing it Really Hard, Probably Not Doing it Right

A wall in our mudroom features a display of some of our oft-repeated family rules and reminders. One of them is: "If You’re Doing It Really Hard You’re Probably Not...
September 05, 2019
My Blind Hindsight - Blessed Is She

My Blind Hindsight

A couple of months ago, I visited a loved one in her new home. She showed me some new decorations and spoke of what she wanted to do with a...
September 04, 2019
Is Your Light Shining? - Blessed Is She

Is Your Light Shining?

Many of us have heard the First Reading from today. It seems to be one of those passages that resonates. It screams “get your life in order!” because you never...
September 03, 2019
Public Service Announcement - Blessed Is She

Public Service Announcement

"We do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, about those who have fallen asleep, so that you may not grieve like the rest, who have no hope"...
September 02, 2019
A Slice (or Heap) of Humble Pie - Blessed Is She

A Slice (or Heap) of Humble Pie

When I first came to a personal relationship with Jesus in my early twenties, I went about it in a backwards and not-very-loving manner at times. I was very self-righteous...
September 01, 2019
Don't Bury Your Talents - Blessed Is She

Don't Bury Your Talents

I stared at the screen, my fingers lingering motionless above the keyboard as hot tears flowed down my cheeks. I was twenty years old. I was writing about Jesus and...
August 31, 2019