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Burden-Imposer Professional - Blessed Is She

Burden-Imposer Professional

“Woe also to you scholars of the law! You impose on people burdens hard to carry, but you yourselves do not lift one finger to touch them” (Luke 11:46). In...
October 14, 2020
Me, the Eager Flake One - Blessed Is She

Me, the Eager Flake One

We drove in silence back from Mass. My older cousin, living her dream life in New York, clicked her tongue against the inside of her teeth. I was so embarrassed...
September 27, 2020
Love Does All the Things - Blessed Is She

Love Does All the Things

"What about Cyprian!?" My husband excitedly exclaimed. "Cornelius, Chrysostom, or even Cyril?" I leaned against the doorway to our kitchen. I leaned hard. My hand released its grip on eight...
September 16, 2020
Feeling Without Honor - Blessed Is She

Feeling Without Honor

“A prophet is not without honor except in his native place and in his own house” (Matthew 13:57). I slammed the fridge door shut, just for the satisfaction of the...
July 31, 2020
I Gotta Quiet It Down - Blessed Is She

I Gotta Quiet It Down

"What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light; what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops" (Matthew 10:27). My spiritual director asked, "How's your prayer?" He...
July 11, 2020
Reconversion of Our Hearts - Blessed Is She

Reconversion of Our Hearts

Today's Responsorial from Psalm 137:6 refrain sticks to my heart: "Let my tongue be silenced, if I ever forget you!" It wasn't during school, it was after school. It wasn't...
June 26, 2020
Eternity with the Teeth Grinders - Blessed Is She

Eternity with the Teeth Grinders

"'They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.'" (Matthew 13:42) I am slumped on the edge of her bed. Her teeth...
July 31, 2018
Marriage and Divorce and Mercy - Blessed Is She

Marriage and Divorce and Mercy

First Reading: James 5:9-12 Do not complain, brothers and sisters, about one another, that you may not be judged. Behold, the Judge is standing before the gates. Take as an...
May 20, 2016
Let Christ Be Your Beloved and Love You - Blessed Is She

Let Christ Be Your Beloved and Love You

First Reading: Acts 11:1-18 The Apostles and the brothers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles too had accepted the word of God. So when Peter went up to...
April 18, 2016