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Planting Flowers in Heaven - Blessed Is She

Planting Flowers in Heaven

Jesus, I implore You to help me plant flowers in Heaven; flowers of patience, surrender, Penance, sacrifice, and virtue Throughout my life. Please procure and tend to my heavenly garden...
Mother Mary and Saint Thérèse: On the Queenship of Mary - Blessed Is She

Mother Mary and Saint Thérèse: On the Queenship of Mary

The Royal Mother and the Little Queen  Today on the Feast of the Queenship of Mary, I am reminded of a quote from my favorite Saint. On August 21, 1897,...
The Bee-attitudes - Blessed Is She

The Bee-attitudes

Patron Saints of Beekeeping The third Sunday in August is celebrated as National Honey Bee Day in the United States. Honeybees have become more or less a darling of conservationist...
The Woman, The Well and The Wedding - Blessed Is She

The Woman, The Well and The Wedding

“You are right in saying ‘I do not have a  husband.’ For you have had five husbands, and the one you have now is not your husband.” //  John 4:17-18...
BiS Reads // Teaching Children To Pray - Blessed Is She

BiS Reads // Teaching Children To Pray

After years of instructing children in the faith, I have learned that in order to fully engage in a beautiful, trust-filled relationship with God, it is so important for children...
A Prayer To Love Others Better - Blessed Is She

A Prayer To Love Others Better

Jesus, as I express my love to those close to me and the easiest to love, aid me in lavishing Your love on those I find particularly difficult to love....
Humor and Holiness - Blessed Is She

Humor and Holiness

In my first year of teaching, a student asked sincerely, “Did Jesus ever smile?” It elicited a dual inner reaction. On the one hand, it made me want to chuckle...
7 Ways To Celebrate the Feast of the Transfiguration - Blessed Is She

7 Ways To Celebrate the Feast of the Transfiguration

The Transfiguration is my favorite feast day because it emphasizes the Lord’s divinity and gives us a taste of Heaven. Life on Earth can get discouraging at times and the...
A Prayer To Grow In Selfless Love - Blessed Is She

A Prayer To Grow In Selfless Love

Jesus, my heart is consumed and infatuated with the prospect of loving You. I desire to be worthy of Your love but know that my worth is not set in...
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Monthly Wallpaper from Blessed is She // 367

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Bible Verses To Pray In the Summer - Blessed Is She

Bible Verses To Pray In the Summer

The flowers appear on the earth, the time of pruning the vines has come, and the song of the turtledove is heard in our land. The fig tree puts forth...
The Great Gatherer of Friends - Blessed Is She

The Great Gatherer of Friends

I read the following from The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis when I was seven years old, and my heart was lit up with a deep longing for...