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Weekly Wallpaper // 243 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 243

Anyone who wants to save his life will lose it; but anyone who loses his life for my sake will find it. // Matthew 16:25 Download these beautiful free wallpapers...
Tithing // Why, What, How, + Where - Blessed Is She

Tithing // Why, What, How, + Where

I’ll just name the elephant in the room. This post is about money. Whether you have a lot or a little, you’ve got it, and chances are good that you’re...
College 101 Series // Roommates - Blessed Is She

College 101 Series // Roommates

I honestly don’t know how many first-year students this blog will be relevant to in 2020. Covid-19 has forced many students to Zoom from home verses zoom across the country...
Ways to Make Time for Prayer in Every Season of Life - Blessed Is She

Ways to Make Time for Prayer in Every Season of Life

“It sounds like prayer is something you do just so you can check a box.” Her voice was gentle, but direct. A wise friend had asked me about my prayer...
Weekly Wallpaper // 242 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 242

When I called, you answered me. // Psalm 138:3 Download these beautiful free wallpapers from Michelle Slough from today's readings. Let His word dwell in us richly, sisters. Remember, Members,...
Saints + Bible Verses to Turn to When Struggling with Infertility - Blessed Is She

Saints + Bible Verses to Turn to When Struggling with Infertility

The intercession of the Saints is real and powerful. Throughout my struggle with secondary infertility I have found such comfort and hope in asking the Saints’ intercession. Spiritual Support During...
Seen and Loved - Blessed Is She

Seen and Loved

In 2005, as secret-sharing apps like Secret and Whisper were making headlines, Frank Warren’s project PostSecret, a digital chronicle, was raking greater heights. New York Times even called it "the...
Prayers for Surrender - Blessed Is She

Prayers for Surrender

For the past seven months, I have been part of a coaching group that supports me in attaining some personal health goals. Recently, the group went through a significant and...
The Spiritual Practice of Fasting (+ Its Fruits) - Blessed Is She

The Spiritual Practice of Fasting (+ Its Fruits)

I hate fasting. To be completely honest, I’ve felt a little bit grateful that I’ve gotten out of the Ash Wednesday and Good Friday fasts for the last two years...
A Catholic Young Adult Bible Study for Women, Sure to Open Your Heart - Blessed Is She

A Catholic Young Adult Bible Study for Women, Sure to Open Your Heart

After I graduated from college, I ached for community. During my time at university, I was active in Bible studies and small group settings. These fed my soul. Once I...
Spiritual Growth is Like Stepping into the Ocean - Blessed Is She

Spiritual Growth is Like Stepping into the Ocean

One of my favorite things to do as a mom is to watch our three children at the beach. Through the years I’ve watched the kids go from being barely...
Edith Stein: Hope for the Melancholic - Blessed Is She

Edith Stein: Hope for the Melancholic

Edith Stein was a German-Jewish woman, a Catholic convert, a Carmelite nun, and a respected philosopher. Killed in a German concentration camp in 1942, Edith Stein is revered as a...