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Stronger than Demons - Blessed Is She

Stronger than Demons

There's a lot of talk about demons in today's readings. Being possessed by demons, talking to demons, driving out demons . . . . We don't exactly walk around these...
January 14, 2015
The Source and Summit of Our Salvation - Blessed Is She

The Source and Summit of Our Salvation

Christian, recognize your dignity and, now that you share in God's own nature, do not return to your former base condition by sinning. Remember who is your head and of...
January 13, 2015
What is Holding You Back? - Blessed Is She

What is Holding You Back?

"And immediately they left their nets and followed him." Every time I hear this Gospel passage I always wonder, "What happened after they dropped their nets to follow Jesus? Did...
January 12, 2015
Pulling Us Out of the Deep - Blessed Is She

Pulling Us Out of the Deep

When I was little, I aspired to be what most little girls long to be: a mermaid. I would play like a fish in the pool or ocean during the...
January 11, 2015
When Less is More - Blessed Is She

When Less is More

When reading the Gospel today, it's important to understand the context of Saint John the Baptist's words. It is sometime after the priests and Levites questioned him about who he...
January 10, 2015
Find Your Inner Desert and Pray - Blessed Is She

Find Your Inner Desert and Pray

In the midst of great healing and miracles, Jesus took a “time-out” to pray, He withdrew to the wilderness, or deserted place. Advent is such a beautiful time of meditation...
January 09, 2015
Evangelization in the Time of Social Media - Blessed Is She

Evangelization in the Time of Social Media

The First Reading today, from the first letter of Saint John, tells us everything we need to know about how to convert our friends on Facebook, Twitter, forums, blogs, and...
January 08, 2015
Differing Kinds of Love - Blessed Is She

Differing Kinds of Love

Love one another. It seems easy enough, doesn't it? But what about those people in our lives who make that commandment from God just a little bit difficult? How do...
January 07, 2015
Lonely and Late and Loved by God - Blessed Is She

Lonely and Late and Loved by God

  This is a lonely place, and the hour is now late. These are the muttering words of the tired disciples to Jesus. But aren't they often our words, too?...
January 06, 2015
Repenting Over and Over Again - Blessed Is She

Repenting Over and Over Again

Phew. Today's readings really pack a punch. We have Saint John's very deep and complex words about what it means to live in God alongside the first words spoken publicly...
January 05, 2015
Let Your Light Shine - Blessed Is She

Let Your Light Shine

Today we celebrate the feast of the Epiphany, a day were we recall the manifestation of Jesus to the world. In the Gospel passage, we are reminded of this mystery...
January 04, 2015
God's Daughter - Blessed Is She

God's Daughter

  Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed. We do know that when it is revealed we shall be like him, for...
January 03, 2015