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The Importance of Praying for the Dead - Blessed Is She

It was a perfect day. Pleasantly warm. Bright sun. Subtle breeze. Funerals rarely end up on dreary, rainy days like...

5 Unexpected Ways to Pray - Blessed Is She

What is the biggest calling we have been giving as human beings? To have a relationship with Jesus Christ. Relationships...

Remember Me: Celebrating the Day of the Dead - Blessed Is She

One of the seven Corporal Works of Mercy is to “bury the dead.” While this certainly means grieving alongside families...

Unbroken Movie Review - Blessed Is She

It must have been in about 2014 that I first read the book Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand. Let me tell...

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An Open Letter to Moms at Mass with a Toddler - Blessed Is She

Dear Fellow Mom, Our eyes meet across the church and we exchange soft smiles. This week, it is my toddler...

Calling + Coming - Blessed Is She

Come, my Way, my Truth, my Life: Such a Way, as gives us breath: Such a Truth, as ends all...

Weekly Wallpaper // 150 - Blessed Is She

Take courage; get up, Jesus is calling you. // Mark 10:49 This week's beautiful wallpapers are from Carolyn of Brass...

Bearing Light Advent Journal // An Interview with the Editor - Blessed Is She

As we prepare to celebrate Advent together as a sisterhood, we're deep diving into the creation of this year's Advent...

Accepting Our Village, Accepting Help - Blessed Is She

It was a Saturday afternoon and my husband was away for the weekend. It was just me and my three...

How Edith Stein Helped Me to (Really) Know Myself - Blessed Is She

Most of my Catholic friends have several saints with whom they consider to be close spiritual friends, mentors on their...

Leaves + Trees - Blessed Is She

I think my mind will always, at the autumn time of year, drift to an old Jesuit. The letting go...

The Grace of Enough - Blessed Is She

We were supposed to graduate college, get good jobs with health benefits or go to graduate school, then get really...

Dissecting Our Emotions and Looking for the Truth - Blessed Is She

In a reporting class I took in college, if a student’s article had any factual errors, the instructor automatically took...

St. Teresa of Avila: Mystic & Reformer - Blessed Is She

A mystic and reformer. St. Teresa of Avila’s heart, mind, and soul were absorbed in all that is Divine and...

Calm + Constant - Blessed Is She

Slow me down, Lord. Ease the pounding of my heart by the quieting of my mind. Steady my hurried pace...

Weekly Wallpaper // 148 - Blessed Is She

Then come, follow me. // Mark 10:21 This week's beautiful wallpapers are from Erica of Be a Heart as our...

The Art of Being Present: Five Lessons From the Eucharist

The Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist teaches us how to practice the art of being present in our...