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Almsgiving // Sidewalk Advocates for Life - Blessed Is She

Almsgiving // Sidewalk Advocates for Life

This week we will be speaking about almsgiving here and on Blessed is She’s Instagram stories. Throughout the week, we will be giving you a glimpse of some wonderful charities/non-profits...
Lent for the Married - Blessed Is She

Lent for the Married

Andrew and I were passing ideas back forth—sweets, alcohol, eating between meals. What to give up for Lent? I could do the typical, but I want this year to be...
10 Ways to Hygge as a Catholic - Blessed Is She

10 Ways to Hygge as a Catholic

We are knee-deep in winter. Some of you may literally be knee-deep in winter’s white wonder. But the bright, holly jolly tidings of the Christmas season have completed their cycle...
Prayer Pledge 2017: Day 31 - Blessed Is She

Prayer Pledge 2017: Day 31

Here we are, at the end of January. The month has been at turns fruitful, trying, and hopeful for me. We have another month to pray in this Ordinary Time...
Prayer Pledge 2017: Day 30 - Blessed Is She

Prayer Pledge 2017: Day 30

Tomorrow is the end of the month. Today gives us the chance to flood each other's days with prayers as we approach the end of this journey together. Lift up...
Prayer Pledge 2017: Day 29 - Blessed Is She

Prayer Pledge 2017: Day 29

Maybe this month isn't going as planned. Maybe, like me, you are tired and worried about many things, and overwhelmed. Maybe you didn't do the prayer pledge every day. Maybe...
Prayer Pledge 2017: Day 28 - Blessed Is She

Prayer Pledge 2017: Day 28

Today is St. Thomas Aquinas's feast day, a saint who is very important to many, many people in the Church. Each saint's specific patronages, devotionals, or personal stories can connect...

Happy Birthday to Me

Every year, writer Heather Renshaw celebrates the gift of life in a special way. We hope her entry encourages you to celebrate the gift of your life. Today I celebrate...
Prayer Pledge 2017: Day 27 - Blessed Is She

Prayer Pledge 2017: Day 27

By nature, I am a person who likes answers. I like to know the how and why of things, the plan, the directions. I appreciate situations in which I am...
Prayer Pledge 2017: Day 26 - Blessed Is She

Prayer Pledge 2017: Day 26

Today is the feast day of St. Timothy, a saint who grew in holiness alongside his close friend, St. Paul. When I think about the friendship of saints -- Sts....
Prayer Pledge 2017: Day 25 - Blessed Is She

Prayer Pledge 2017: Day 25

So many BIS sisters have beautiful practices in their prayer rooted in our shared Catholic tradition. I am so, so often inspired by the devotions shared in our regional Facebook...
Prayer Pledge 2017: Day 24 - Blessed Is She

Prayer Pledge 2017: Day 24

The Corporal Works of Mercy can feel intimidating, but they don't have to be. Reflect today on how simple acts can be acts of mercy. Feed the hungry: make a...