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This Is Your Week for Sanctity - Blessed Is She

This Is Your Week for Sanctity

But they continued their shouting, “Crucify him! Crucify him!” // Luke 23:21 Today’s Gospel is a lengthy one. Our parish gives the lay people the optional minuscule participant part. Minor...
April 10, 2022
You Are His Dwelling - Blessed Is She

You Are His Dwelling

My dwelling shall be with them; I will be their God, and they shall be my people. // Ezekiel 37:27 The dreaded sound of rattling plastic beads on wood floor...
April 09, 2022
Sharing Truth Not Shying Away - Blessed Is She

Sharing Truth Not Shying Away

But the LORD is with me, like a mighty champion: my persecutors will stumble, they will not triumph. In their failure they will be put to utter shame, to lasting,...
April 08, 2022
The Stones We Throw - Blessed Is She

The Stones We Throw

So they picked up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid and went out of the temple area. // John 8:59 I was in my last year of undergrad...
April 07, 2022
Truth Knowing and Truth Telling - Blessed Is She

Truth Knowing and Truth Telling

"You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." // John 8:32 From the time I was a little girl, I had a sensitive conscience. It was...
April 06, 2022
Loins Girded, Hearts Open - Blessed Is She

Loins Girded, Hearts Open

"You also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come." // Luke 12:40* I heaved an oversized cardboard box off the...
April 05, 2022
He Keeps Me in His Light - Blessed Is She

He Keeps Me in His Light

"Even though I walk in the dark valley I fear no evil; for you are at my side." // Psalm 23:4 News headlines and video clips run through my social...
April 04, 2022
Innumerable Proofs of Love - Blessed Is She

Innumerable Proofs of Love

I will put my spirit in you that you may live, and I will settle you upon your land; thus you shall know that I am the LORD. I have...
April 03, 2022
In You I Take Refuge - Blessed Is She

In You I Take Refuge

O Lord, my God, in You I take refuge. // Psalm 7:2a When I leave my warm bed to begin a long day: O Lord, my God, in You I...
April 02, 2022
His Abiding Presence - Blessed Is She

His Abiding Presence

The Lord is close to the brokenhearted. // Psalm 34:18 I rolled my eyes at the sound of a text message coming to my phone. In the midst of heartache...
April 01, 2022
Choose God's Voice First - Blessed Is She

Choose God's Voice First

"How can you believe, when you accept praise from one another and do not seek the praise that comes from the only God?" // John 5:44 About this time every...
March 31, 2022
Doing the Father's Work - Blessed Is She

Doing the Father's Work

But Jesus answered them,“My Father is at work until now, so I am at work.” // John 5:17 He shoveled half-heartedly, flipping his shovel into the snow bank. "I'm DONE!"...
March 30, 2022