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Hidden Life and the Front of the Line - Blessed Is She

Hidden Life and the Front of the Line

"For behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last" (Luke 13:30). I closed my eyes kneeling on the carpet in this hotel...
October 27, 2021
Simple, Steady, Strengthened by God - Blessed Is She

Simple, Steady, Strengthened by God

We don't often see the little things we do as significant, but God notices every small move we make. I remember when I was training for a half marathon. In...
October 26, 2021
Special People & Special Names - Blessed Is She

Special People & Special Names

My favorite grandparent was my mom's dad whom we called "Papa." A quiet, gentle soul, I always felt safe and at ease in his presence. Some of my earliest memories...
October 25, 2021
The Interior Life Longs to See Him - Blessed Is She

The Interior Life Longs to See Him

The last time I had visited Mountain Charleston, I wasn’t a wife or a mother yet. This time, I stood, surveying the pine trees in front of me, inhaling the...
October 24, 2021
The Value of an Eternal Soul - Blessed Is She

The Value of an Eternal Soul

My stomach tightened into a hard, sick knot as the news flashed across the screen. Another tragedy of incomprehensible evil. More precious lives lost. Hundreds of souls caught unaware. A...
October 23, 2021
Lord of My Life - Blessed Is She

Lord of My Life

I walked into the first day of religion class at my Catholic high school. My eyes fell on the bulletin board at the back of the room. In bold, big...
October 22, 2021
No Exchanging Prisons - Blessed Is She

No Exchanging Prisons

I exhaled, communicating my fatigue to my friend on the other end of the telephone. I was in strong throws of situational anxiety and my hope was wringing out with...
October 21, 2021
The One Who Sets You Free - Blessed Is She

The One Who Sets You Free

Fear, shame, powerlessness, and hopelessness. For years, these were the four walls that surrounded me, with a roof of isolation and a floor of unworthiness. That was the space I...
October 20, 2021
God's Will In Our Mundane Tasks - Blessed Is She

God's Will In Our Mundane Tasks

I have a wall in our bedroom that I covered with pictures of quotes and one of them says, "I want and I choose what better leads to the deepening...
October 19, 2021
The Wolves Circle But We Have Peace - Blessed Is She

The Wolves Circle But We Have Peace

The wolves are circling. They cycle daily through screens that are full of hatred and mouths that are full of deceit. They loop around the news and the gossip and...
October 18, 2021
Can You Drink the Cup? - Blessed Is She

Can You Drink the Cup?

As I approached the line for Communion, I felt the words of the Gospel echo in my heart strongly inviting a response. “Can you drink the cup?” Feeling a bit...
October 17, 2021
Act Like a Child - Blessed Is She

Act Like a Child

I’ve learned more than a few things from my dear friend, Beth Davis, so when she told me she was finally convinced on the most effective path to holiness, I...
October 16, 2021