Discerning Post-Graduate Service
If you are considering post-graduate service, you have probably felt some sort of inner calling from God or a desire deep in your heart. Maybe along with that desire, nerves...
BIS Reads // Awaken My Heart: A 52-Week Devotional
During the Advent and Christmas seasons, we reflect a lot on "a weary world." The world, at all points in history, has been tired from sin and striving and aching...
How Making Plans Can Help Us with the Spiritual Discipline of Hope
The old adage goes that we make our plans, and God laughs. That's never felt more true for most of us than the reality of this year. What even are...
Ephesians 5 // The Strength of Submission
I’ll be honest: every time I attended a wedding and one of the readings is Ephesians 5, I always lose my attention and focus. This is due to the fact...
The Fiat of Saint Joseph
One of the best things to have come out of this calendar year is an increase in the number of individuals with a devotion to Saint Joseph. I believe this...
The Eucharist as Thanksgiving
As I drove into work this morning I noticed that the vibrant colors were gone. The once picturesque tunnel of trees now resembled a barren wasteland. Most of the leaves...
Scripture Verses to Pray When You're Grateful
As we approach the last month of 2020, we are also on the threshold of a new liturgical year. Yesterday, we celebrated the glorious Feast of Christ the King, which...
On Spiritual Dryness
The first time I ever experienced spiritual dryness was right after my first high school Catholic conference back in 2014 (it was a Steubenville Conference!). It was three days of...
Ways to Get Motivated (When You Haven't Been for a While)
The word "motivated" means, “having an incentive or a strong desire to do well or succeed in some pursuit.” Being a motivated woman is important. A woman of hope, a...
How to Live the Commandments When the Culture is Trying to Put Them to Death
You know the commandments. These are Jesus’ words to the rich young man who is on his knees before Jesus, asking him what he must do to inherit eternal life....
Litany of Saints for Difficult Family Situations
November is here, the holidays are fast approaching, and that means that traditional social gatherings will be taking place. The majority of us spend the holidays with our families, and...
The Heart of Worship
Rhythm is a dancer, it’s a soul companion; you can feel it everywhere. These lyrics by the famed German group Snap from decades ago immediately transport me back in time,...
