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3 Saints Who were Wanderers - Blessed Is She

3 Saints Who were Wanderers

Author J.R.R. Tolkein once stated, “Not all who wander are lost.” Many of us might desperately wish that these words were true of us. Adulthood often feels like one long...
Weekly Wallpaper // 294 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 294

Whoever wishes to be great among you will be your servant. // Mark 10:43 Love this from today's readings. Let His word dwell in us richly, sisters. Download your F...
Saint Gerard // Relics and Redemptorists - Blessed Is She

Saint Gerard // Relics and Redemptorists

It was just a few weeks into my pregnancy and my nervous self was concerned that I hadn’t yet started feeling pregnancy nausea. “How many weeks along was I when...
Drawing Close to the Holy Spirit - Blessed Is She

Drawing Close to the Holy Spirit

The Comforter. The Advocate. The Helper. The Paraclete. We call the Holy Spirit by many names, but do we know how He calls us? Are we drawing close to Him...
Want to Build Your Faith? Speak the Truth. - Blessed Is She

Want to Build Your Faith? Speak the Truth.

Do I know Jesus? Do I truly know Jesus with my heart? We tend to grow indifferent to the Lord as we live out each day, sometimes in subtle ways...
Weekly Wallpaper // 293 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 293

Jesus looked at them and said, “For human beings it is impossible, but not for God. All things are possible for God." // Mark 10:27 Love this from today's readings....
Our Lady's Greatest Pleasure - Blessed Is She

Our Lady's Greatest Pleasure

  If you’re like me, you may tend to keep the Rosary at a comfortable distance. For example, I have one inside my night stand, one inside the center console...
Insurmountable Joy // A Poem about the Eucharist - Blessed Is She

Insurmountable Joy // A Poem about the Eucharist

The Holy Spirit has inspired me many times, and oft have I written down the rhymes He’s given me. Ahh, what better way to spend my talents than by glorifying...
Discernment as a Team - Blessed Is She

Discernment as a Team

In Catholic circles, the word "discernment" is often thrown around. And with good reason. Making decisions prayerfully and intentionally is one of the best ways we can honor God by...
How to Have Faith in the Midst of Grief - Blessed Is She

How to Have Faith in the Midst of Grief

The other day, my daughter and I were having a conversation about Heaven. She thought that everybody in Heaven were “grandmas and grandpas”, innocently assuming that people only ever died...
The Importance of "Zeroing In" in Prayer - Blessed Is She

The Importance of "Zeroing In" in Prayer

I rise early after only snoozing my alarm once. I creep past my children's bedrooms as they slumber. I start the coffee. I light the candle. I sit down in...
Ways to Honor Our Lady in October - Blessed Is She

Ways to Honor Our Lady in October

October brims with the anticipation of all that fall brings. Nature begins to point us towards a slower shift in our routine as the leaves change colors, we change out...