Devotions

Gaining Christ - Blessed Is She

  We live in a world obsessed with success. Blaring messages of perfection and so-called true satisfaction beckon to us....

No More Pining Away - Blessed Is She

Today’s Gospel Reading is one that can be hard for some to manage. As a convert to Catholicism, I hold...

Filling the Master's House - Blessed Is She

Today's Gospel passage shakes me; it makes me nervous. I read it and pray, "Oh shoot, Jesus! Save me from...

Humility. It Is No Joke. - Blessed Is She

Humbly Seeking Humility. Selfishness. Its a killer. If you didn't pick up on the theme in the First Reading, welp,...

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Hope Does Not Disappoint - Blessed Is She

I used to work in a hospital where a dove sticker was placed above a patient's door shortly after he...

Shining Light, Shine On - Blessed Is She

What rich and beautiful readings God gives us today on this Feast of All Saints. First, Saint John’s striking revelation...

We are Not in this Alone - Blessed Is She

Do you have a Paul or Timothy in your life? Someone who is filled with the Spirit? From whom God’s...

The Battlefield. The Battle. The Gear. - Blessed Is She

We all have a battle we are facing. The Enemy ultimately is always the same: that little rascal snake. The...

The Response - Blessed Is She

If you were fortunate enough to make it to Mass today (I was not), you heard this Psalm refrain: The...

The Household of God - Blessed Is She

  Full disclosure: some days I have no clue how to run a household. My husband and I have one...

A Seamless Love - Blessed Is She

Were you ever that kid in class? You know the one I mean; the one with all the questions and...

Grace and Gardens - Blessed Is She

“Let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and put on manure. Then if it should bear...

Attentive to the Simple Things - Blessed Is She

  I smiled at Jesus's words to the crowds: "When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say...

Who is First? - Blessed Is She

  After a day of playing in the crashing waves, we washed up in the public shower as best one...

Open Wide the Doors to Christ - Blessed Is She

Have you ever stopped to wonder—to truly wonder—how people shared news 2000 years ago? There were no social media networks,...

Seeking Peace - Blessed Is She

  I don’t know about you, but lately I’ve had so much to do. I have a sink full of...

A Detached Life - Blessed Is She

  18 And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and...