Devotions

Where Are You, Daughter? - Blessed Is She

"Hey friend! Where are you?" Isn't that a common question when we receive a call from someone? We are in...

Blurting about Our Gifts - Blessed Is She

“I got you an exercise bike!” I blurted out to my husband just five days before Christmas. He knew to...

God's Promises Now - Blessed Is She

"Jusqu'à maintenant," I heard the priest read in French, and those two words hit me as if I had never...

Social Media and the Defiling of Our Hearts - Blessed Is She

I had a great moment of clarity one day last summer. Sitting alone in my backyard with the fading sunlight...

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Just Your Presence Is Enough - Blessed Is She

We hear in today's First Reading a handful of times when God said something—let there be water, earth, humankind—and that...

The World Outside My Control - Blessed Is She

Tempting as it is to let the rereading of the first words of Genesis 1:1-19 wash over me like an...

Wait for the Dawn - Blessed Is She

“Wait for the dawn. Let’s wait together for the dawn.” These are the words I felt Jesus speaking to my...

Come Away and Rest Awhile - Blessed Is She

Who is Jesus to you? I wanted to say, “He’s my Lord, my Life, my Love,” but instead I lamely...

Great Steward or Great Consumer? - Blessed Is She

“Do you know that that’s a sin?” she asked. “What are you talking about?” I said. “If you have so...

Are You Afraid of God? - Blessed Is She

When you think of God, are you “terrified and trembling” like Israel in today’s First Reading? Maybe you have kept...

Living in Endurance - Blessed Is She

Baking and praying. This is how I cope. I realize this as I sift and mix, wiping flour from my...

Prayer in a Whole New Way - Blessed Is She

There we were, in my parents’ backyard which was also the backyard of our church. The band was on the...

Best Exorcism in Scripture - Blessed Is She

This image in Mark’s Gospel of Jesus seizing “Legion” and casting him into the swine is a scene straight out...

Let God Destroy Your Fear - Blessed Is She

When I was a little girl, I was afraid of a lot—being alone, strangers, the dark, and, if family pictures...

Greater than Our Storms - Blessed Is She

It is unbelievable but also deeply comforting to hear Jesus calm the storm with only a few words. It is...

Walk With Him - Blessed Is She

We cannot run from suffering if we commit to walk with Christ. It's a lesson in love that I come...

Trusting Beyond Trauma - Blessed Is She

The power was out. We forgot to pay the electricity bill. An innocent mistake that could easily be used as...