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The Antidote to Your Perfectionism: Mary, Your Mother - Blessed Is She

The Antidote to Your Perfectionism: Mary, Your Mother

For some of us, it is difficult to go to Mary, knowing full well that we can't live up to her. After all, she is perfect, she is sinless, she...
Praying with Authority: Reclaiming the Offensive in Our Spiritual Lives - Blessed Is She

Praying with Authority: Reclaiming the Offensive in Our Spiritual Lives

As a Christian, have you found yourself in situations where anxiety and fear seemed to have the upper hand? Times when you felt that you were constantly on the defensive,...
How Praying with Scripture Transforms Our Lives - Blessed Is She

How Praying with Scripture Transforms Our Lives

As Catholics, we are blessed with the rich treasure of Scripture and Tradition that guides our faith. The Bible, the living and active Word of God, is the foundation upon...
What Impressionism Paintings Teach Us About Prayer - Blessed Is She

What Impressionism Paintings Teach Us About Prayer

Praying with Art (& How We Designed the 2024-2025 Liturgical Planner) This year in the Blessed is She Catholic Liturgical Planner, we're asking the Lord to help us see His...
Unlocking the Beauty of Prayer through Catholic Mentorship - Blessed Is She

Unlocking the Beauty of Prayer through Catholic Mentorship

Introducing The Well Catholic Mentorship: A Transformative Journey One of Blessed is She's core values is sisterhood, which is deeper than just being casual friends, but women who long to...
The Most Important Resolution of Them All - Blessed Is She

The Most Important Resolution of Them All

In 2014, Blessed is She began as a little seed in my heart—a desire to read Scripture alongside other Catholic women as well as share about the beauties and the...
The 2023 Catholic Advent Devotional For Women | Blessed Is She - Blessed Is She

The 2023 Catholic Advent Devotional For Women | Blessed Is She

The weather is just now changing, leaves are turning, and PSLs are back on the menu—but something special is just on the horizon and we want you to know about...
Listening To The Word of God - Blessed Is She

Listening To The Word of God

Saint Jerome, the great biblical scholar, is probably most well known for his quote “Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ.” St. Jerome translated the Bible into the Latin Vulgate...
The Painter's Project - Blessed Is She

The Painter's Project

I’m lost in what could or couldn’t be. Not what is. I’m painting myself.  Let me be Your canvas. Paint me with colors untold to eyes; make art in me. You, Painter of painters,...
A Prayer To Grow In Love - Blessed Is She

A Prayer To Grow In Love

My sweet Jesus, If I could wipe every tear from Your eye and collect the jewels of Precious Blood from Your crucified Body, I would. I desire to love You...
Bible Verses About Waiting - Blessed Is She

Bible Verses About Waiting

Have you been waiting for God to answer questions about your vocation or career? Have you applied for a big college scholarship and are trying hard to entrust the unknown...
Reclaiming Sabbath Rest - Blessed Is She

Reclaiming Sabbath Rest

 “rest” This word reverberated in my stomach and tied it in knots. I had come to the end of another week, exhausted, once again. Ministry work, household chores and school...