for the modern catholic woman

The Blessed is She Blog

Simple Encouragement to Pray, Fast, and Give Alms This Lent

Simple Encouragement to Pray, Fast, and Give Alms This Lent

This Lent, pray with these nine Bible verses to keep your mind and heart at rest as we pray, fast, and give alms.

Septuagesima: A Short Season That Prepares Us for Lent

Septuagesima: A Short Season That Prepares Us for Lent

A good Lent doesn't just happen. Explore practical ways to prepare for Lent, including the observance of Septuagesima.

Let Us Console the Heart of Jesus Under the Olive Tree

Let Us Console the Heart of Jesus Under the Olive Tree

This Lent, as Jesus enters into His Passion, Blessed Is She invites you to meet Him in the Garden of Gethsemane, where it all began. We want to journey with you through our new Lent devotional, Under the Olive Tree, which is now available.
O Antiphons: A Special Way to Pray During the Last Week of Advent

O Antiphons: A Special Way to Pray During the Last Week of Advent

Looking for a way to renew your prayer this last week of Advent? Meet the O Antiphons!
BIS Christmas Gift Guide: Catholic Gifts for Everyone on Your List

BIS Christmas Gift Guide: Catholic Gifts for Everyone on Your List

Blessed Is She is happy to announce its 2024 Christmas gift guide! Get a jump start on holiday shopping and enjoy special savings, so you can enter the season of Advent with peace of mind.
BIS Reads // Christmas in Heaven

BIS Reads // Christmas in Heaven

 Christmas in Heaven, a sweet new Christmas book that is sure to bring hope into our children's lives . . . and our own.
Enter Advent with A Thrill of Hope

Enter Advent with A Thrill of Hope

This Advent, Blessed Is She would like to walk with you in hope through our new Advent devotional, A Thrill of Hope.
Faith, Family, and Sports . . . In That Order

Faith, Family, and Football . . . In That Order

Here are five guidelines families can follow to help their children keep a proper ordering of sports.
Always in Season: The Invitation to Remain in Christ’s Peace

Always in Season: The Invitation to Remain in Christ’s Peace

While summer is winding down, may we continue growing in our relationship with the Lord, so we can live in Christ’s peace in every season of our lives.

Join Us: A 21 Day Devotional for True Peace This Summer - Blessed Is She

Join Us: A 21 Day Devotional for True Peace This Summer

This summer, join the Blessed Is She community as we dive deep into the true peace of Christ through the new devotional, The Promise of Peace. For twenty-one days, we will pray for and reflect upon the peace Christ promises through Scripture, Church teaching, saintly wisdom, and personal reflections.

4 Lessons We Can Learn From the Life of Saint Catherine of Siena - Blessed Is She

4 Lessons We Can Learn From the Life of Saint Catherine of Siena

I was named after two extraordinary women: my aunt Janet and Saint Catherine of Siena. I know my aunt to be a devoted wife, talented chef and seamstress, and someone...
Finding Gratitude In The Valley - Blessed Is She

Finding Gratitude In The Valley

This Thanksgiving, there will be one less person around our dinner table. My husband's father—my children's grandfather—passed away this year on Father's Day. We have already experienced "firsts" without him....