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Dating Advice From Archbishop Fulton Sheen

Dating Advice From Archbishop Fulton Sheen

Archbishop Sheen outlines three tests to search for the Spirit of Christ within an individual. And these tests could offer insights when discerning a spouse.

From Negativity Addict to Ambassador of Hope: An Interview with Liz Kelly Stanchina

From Negativity Addict to Ambassador of Hope: An Interview with Liz Kelly Stanchina

Liz Kelly Stanchina helps readers welcome the virtue of hope and become joyful bearers of hope for a hurting world.
BIS Reads // Christmas in Heaven

BIS Reads // Christmas in Heaven

 Christmas in Heaven, a sweet new Christmas book that is sure to bring hope into our children's lives . . . and our own.
A Season of Hope, A Year of Hope

A Season of Hope, a Year of Hope

As we enter into the season of hope, Advent, let us anticipate the Jubilee Year of Hope and the invitation to bear hope in this world.
Enter Advent with A Thrill of Hope

Enter Advent with A Thrill of Hope

This Advent, Blessed Is She would like to walk with you in hope through our new Advent devotional, A Thrill of Hope.
Saint Maximilian Kolbe // A Prophet of Hope - Blessed Is She

Saint Maximilian Kolbe // A Prophet of Hope

Holocaust survivor and Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel, in one of his essays, relays his experience in Auschwitz. A Jew was being executed while the rest of the camp watched aghast....
Saints to Turn to When You Can't Sleep - Blessed Is She

Saints to Turn to When You Can't Sleep

Some nights—and for a few of us, most nights—are restless and sleepless. Whether our lack of sleep is due to anxiety, a crying baby, a sick child, or a reason...
The Problem with Toxic Shame - Blessed Is She

The Problem with Toxic Shame

In His goodness, God has turned the shame I carried all my life into His fame. He has made me into a survivor with a purpose: to let men and...
Catholic Prayers for New Beginnings - Blessed Is She

Catholic Prayers for New Beginnings

As the academic year comes to a close, it can feel like we are on the cusp of something new, long after we find ourselves counting down the days until...
Hope, Anyway - Blessed Is She

Hope, Anyway

I’m a big fan of Spiderman and all the Spiderman movies. I love the action, the characters, the morals, and the dialogue. One part of the movies that has stuck...
Who's at Your Thanksgiving Table this Year? - Blessed Is She

Who's at Your Thanksgiving Table this Year?

We are moved to give during the Christmas season and may restrain from going overboard on the Christmas gifts because of our awareness of others going without. Our culture emphasizes...
One Year In - Blessed Is She

One Year In

On March 27, 2020, a rainy evening in Rome, Pope Francis stood overlooking an eerily-empty Saint Peter’s Square. Around the entire world, Catholics set aside their work and woke from...