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Not the Most Wonderful Time of the Year: Loneliness and Loss During the Holidays - Blessed Is She

Not the Most Wonderful Time of the Year: Loneliness and Loss During the Holidays

Let’s be honest here. The holidays can be hard. Sometimes Christmas is really not "the most wonderful time of the year.” In fact, this season can be a very painful...
Weekly Wallpaper // 131 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 131

My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoices in God my savior. // Luke 1:46-47 Download and share this beautiful wallpaper from MJ of Pars Caeli below...
Carrying the Cross of Infertility Through Advent - Blessed Is She

Carrying the Cross of Infertility Through Advent

My husband, Stephen, and I wanted a honeymoon baby. We joked about it at first, then talked about it excitedly, planning how we might share the news with friends and...
Weekly Wallpaper // 130 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 130

Here we are at the second week of Advent. How are you doing, sister? Emily of Emily Rachelle made the most beautiful wallpaper for us to keep our eyes on...
Advent and Christmas Traditions to Start as Newlyweds - Blessed Is She

Advent and Christmas Traditions to Start as Newlyweds

My first married Christmas was the first one I had ever spent outside of my parents’ house. It was always my own bed that I woke up in far too...
Weekly Wallpaper // 129 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 129

This first week of Advent has already been so fruitful as we work through the In The Beginning journal. If you didn't snag one before we sold out, you can...
Holiday Home Decor on a Budget - Blessed Is She

Holiday Home Decor on a Budget

Every year my husband, Stephen, and I put our Christmas tree up the day after Thanksgiving. It is a tradition from his family we carried into our married life, because...
10 Meaningful and Stress-Free Advent Activities - Blessed Is She

10 Meaningful and Stress-Free Advent Activities

Sometimes, fully living out the season of Advent can seem like a lost cause. With Christmas decorations making an appearance in October and raging consumerism appearing everywhere you turn, it...
Heavenly Peace: Returning to the Source - Blessed Is She

Heavenly Peace: Returning to the Source

Every time we participate in Mass, our priests offer us the peace of Christ, we offer that heavenly peace back to those around us, and then we pray for peace...
Why and How to Host the BIS Advent Gathering - Blessed Is She

Why and How to Host the BIS Advent Gathering

I’m an introvert through and through, but I’m also created for fellowship and connection. In my adult years, this yearning in my heart for connection with other women has pushed...
2017 Advent Journal for Catholic Women: An Interview with the Author - Blessed Is She

2017 Advent Journal for Catholic Women: An Interview with the Author

We are so thrilled to announce the release of the 2017 Catholic Advent Journal from Blessed is She! Advent begins a brand new year within the Church. We are invited...
A Step-by-Step Guide to Celebrating Michaelmas - Blessed Is She

A Step-by-Step Guide to Celebrating Michaelmas

On the 29th of September the Church celebrates the feast of the Archangels Rafael, Gabriel, and Michael. For centuries this holy day was called Michaelmas, the day the faithful went...