Devotions

Changing Our Hearts Publicly and Privately - Blessed Is She

Against thee, thee only, have I sinned. Return to me with all your heart. Rend your garments. Proclaim a fast,...

Build a Listening Heart - Blessed Is She

The story of Noah's Ark is a favorite with my young children. I do a rather dramatic reading from their...

Hey, Jealousy - Blessed Is She

Ah, jealousy. That little insidious little soul killer. Every time I think I'm doing well, it trips me up again....

Jesus Heals the Leper - Blessed Is She

I remember helping in RCIA at my parish in Los Angeles, and we had broken out into small groups. In...

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Overcoming the Desert in My Soul - Blessed Is She

How can one feed these men with bread here in the desert? Mark 8:4 How, indeed? Not only were the...

Jesus Makes Whole - Blessed Is She

And they heard the sound of the Lord God, walking in the garden. Genesis 3:8 Can you imagine what it...

Walking in His Ways - Blessed Is She

First Reading: Genesis 2:18-25 Then the LORD God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I...

The Breath of Life - Blessed Is She

First Reading: Genesis 2:4-9, 15-17 These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created. In...

What A Wonderful World - Blessed Is She

First Reading: Genesis 1:20--2:4 And God said, "Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly...

The Power of His Word - Blessed Is She

First Reading: Genesis 1:1-19 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and...

Darkness to Light - Blessed Is She

First Reading: Job 7:1-4, 6-7 "Has not man a hard service upon earth, and are not his days like the...

Come Away and Rest A While - Blessed Is She

I particularly love today’s Gospel. I can imagine the apostles tired and weary after a long day of preaching and...

Letting Go of What Others Think - Blessed Is She

Sometimes I struggle with fear. As much as I tell myself I do not care what others think, I find...

For the Greater Glory of God - Blessed Is She

Sometimes when I seek to share the Lord’s message with others, I work too hard trying to find just the...

Emotional Self-Discipline - Blessed Is She

The reading today is beautiful in its expression of how God uses discipline as a loving way to help us...

Do Not Give Up - Blessed Is She

Have you seen the movie "Unbroken" yet? My husband and I saw it shortly after Christmas, and we were incredibly...

Obedience to God's Law - Blessed Is She

The Presentation of Our Lord, traditionally known as the Purification of Our Lady or Candlemas, is the traditional end of...