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A Light Without a Light Bulb and Hot Dogs
I've spent years with others' lights shining around me, and proudly so. The sister who's an international speaker, the brother with the military accomplishments, the sister whose career in design...
From Guilt to Merciful Prayer
The other day as I was praying, I kept thinking about a friend who shared with me that she felt deep guilt for the mistakes of her past. She felt...
Unlikely Friendship
As you read this, most of the Blessed is She Team is gathered on retreat. We are a small community of extraordinarily ordinary women—a room full of sinners striving for...
Strong Little Acts of Love
Last summer, I made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and spent a month journeying from town to town in my rental car. The conveniences of modern travel were a...
Tears as Treasure
So often when women visit my office and sit in the “chair of weeping,” they begin with apologies for their tears. I assure them: tears are an anointing. In fact,...
Holy by His Standards
“You’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t.” That’s the disheartening sentiment that I usually mumble to myself when, in my efforts to do or say something good,...
A God of Intimacy
When I was eighteen, I began studying at Arizona State University. In the sea of 65,000 students, I no longer had a name. I became a number: #1200045547. I did...
Remember to Use the Turn Signal
We have all experienced it. The priest tells us to “go in peace, glorifying the Lord by your life,” and ten minutes later, I suddenly forget how to use the...
Calling Me Back Again and Again
I fail and fall short. I mess up time and time again. I sin, confess them, and sin again. And yet, He never tires of me. His pursuit never ends....
But Are We Choosing Him?
Throughout all of our lives, we're called to become more and more like Jesus. And today we hear that Jesus emptied Himself, He humbled Himself, and He was obedient—even to...
Spiritually in Training to Be Like Him
Amidst all the talk of the blind leading the blind, hypocrites, wooden beams, and splinters, there is a line of today’s Gospel (Luke 6:39-42) I never noticed: “No disciple is...
Holy and Beloved
Holy and beloved. Those are the words that Saint Paul uses to describe the believers in Colossae in today’s First Reading. (See Colossians 3:12.) And because we believe that Scripture...
