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Looking to Start (or Re-Start) Your Prayer Life? - Blessed Is She

Looking to Start (or Re-Start) Your Prayer Life?

"Perhaps you hesitate in prayer because you do not know how to pray. Perhaps you question yourself because although you know numerous vocal prayers, you are not sure what lies...
Dietrich von Hildebrand // The Philosopher Every Catholic Should Know - Blessed Is She

Dietrich von Hildebrand // The Philosopher Every Catholic Should Know

I am personally convinced that, when, some time in the future, the intellectual history of the Catholic Church in the twentieth century is written, the name of Dietrich von Hildebrand...
How to Grow into a Devout Catholic in College - Blessed Is She

How to Grow into a Devout Catholic in College

Being Catholic in an increasingly secular world is extremely difficult. Now imagine putting yourself on a college campus full of young people who have the freedom to be on their...
Weekly Wallpaper // 269 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 269

O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a fount of mercy for us, I trust in You. Let His word dwell in us richly,...
How I Chased God’s Whisper Down the Years - Blessed Is She

How I Chased God’s Whisper Down the Years

I am a baptized Catholic who spent my teenage and young adult years running away from God with all my might. Despite my best efforts, I could never quite get...
A Brief Overview of the Various Rites Within the Catholic Church - Blessed Is She

A Brief Overview of the Various Rites Within the Catholic Church

When Catholics consider what distinguishes our Faith from Protestant and Evangelical denominations, we naturally think of the Mass. Catholics attend the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Other Christians do not....
Becoming Lucy - Blessed Is She

Becoming Lucy

I decided to re-read The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis this year. There are few things more comforting than curling up on the couch in a fuzzy blanket in...
Weekly Wallpaper // 268 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 268

But he was pierced for our sins, crushed for our iniquity. He bore the punishment that makes us whole, by his wounds we were healed. // John 12:15 Love this...
Holy Saturday // Recollection, Silence, and Hope - Blessed Is She

Holy Saturday // Recollection, Silence, and Hope

Growing up, I treated Holy Saturday as an early start to Easter. It may not have been the actual celebration of Easter, but I breathed a sigh of relief for...
The Thin Place of Good Friday - Blessed Is She

The Thin Place of Good Friday

Today marks the darkest day of the Church year. It is the sobering remembrance of the Word Incarnate, crucified. Liturgically, it is the only day of the entire year that...
Weekly Wallpaper // 267 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 267

  Fear no more, O daughter Zion; see, your king comes... // John 12:15 Love this print from Mariana Pimiento of Big Apple Catholic. Let His word dwell in us...
Blessed Chats: Single Women // Prayer - Blessed Is She

Blessed Chats: Single Women // Prayer

Welcome to our Blessed Chats series! Each month, we will dedicate an entire week of blog posts to a topic that affects many of us. These conversations often come up...