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A Practical Guide to Creating a Rhythm of Prayer - Blessed Is She

A Practical Guide to Creating a Rhythm of Prayer

I think we can all agree on the power and importance of a daily prayer life. It can be as simple as offering short little prayers throughout the day, such...
How to Name Your Baby (Catholic-Style) - Blessed Is She

How to Name Your Baby (Catholic-Style)

Names are an important thing, a truth that becomes all the more obvious as a parent trying to choose a name for your child the first time. Some have had...
Everyday Evangelization: Subtle Ways to Preach the Gospel - Blessed Is She

Everyday Evangelization: Subtle Ways to Preach the Gospel

If your friend circles include folks who are Protestant, chances are that you have had the privilege of listening to them share their testimony—a personal accounting of how they committed...
Weekly Wallpaper // 234 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 234

What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light; what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops. // Matthew 10:27 Download these beautiful free wallpapers from Brass...
How to Write a Personal Litany of Saints - Blessed Is She

How to Write a Personal Litany of Saints

The Litany of the Saints is a powerful and ancient form of Catholic prayer. We hear it at Easter and All Saints Day, and during Ordination Masses for new priests....
The Seven Deadly Sins + the Seven Lively Virtues - Blessed Is She

The Seven Deadly Sins + the Seven Lively Virtues

When Jesus appeared to Saint Faustina, He told her: The greater the sinner, the greater the right he has to My mercy. Father Jean d’Elbee’s words bring comfort, too: And...
Best Books about the Catholic Mass - Blessed Is She

Best Books about the Catholic Mass

Here on earth we dream of Heaven. But this Heaven kisses earth on a daily basis. Sometimes I forget that amazing reality and I need to be reminded of just...
Scripture Verses to Pray for Your Marriage - Blessed Is She

Scripture Verses to Pray for Your Marriage

My husband and I have often wondered together in awe of our families’ shared history of long marriages. We ourselves will celebrate 21 years of marriage this month. Both sets...
How to Start Praying with Your Spouse (Finding What Works for You) - Blessed Is She

How to Start Praying with Your Spouse (Finding What Works for You)

Though not newlyweds, my husband and I are still fairly new to this whole marriage thing. Over the last three and a half years, we have realized over and over...
Building a Catholic Library for Kids - Blessed Is She

Building a Catholic Library for Kids

One of the first gifts I received as a new, first-time mom was a gift of books for my son. As a book lover myself, the gift was much appreciated....
How Different Media Can Elevate Our Prayer - Blessed Is She

How Different Media Can Elevate Our Prayer

There are many meaningful ways to add to our prayer time that can guide our thoughts and serve as tools to enhance the ways we pray and grow in the...
Weekly Wallpaper // 231 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 231

God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. // John 3:16 Download...