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Go Up and Pray - Blessed Is She

Go Up and Pray

Jesus went up to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God. // Luke 6:12 I fall in and out of the habit of intentionally...
October 28, 2022
Put on the Armor of God - Blessed Is She

Put on the Armor of God

Therefore, put on the armor of God, that you may be able to resist on the evil day and, having done everything, to hold your ground. // Ephesians 6:13 Last...
October 27, 2022
When We Feel We Don't Deserve - Blessed Is She

When We Feel We Don't Deserve

[B]e obedient to your human masters with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to Christ, not only when being watched, as currying favor, but as slaves of Christ,...
October 26, 2022
Love and Real Respect - Blessed Is She

Love and Real Respect

Be subordinate to one another out of reverence for Christ. // Ephesians 5:21 I used to bristle at the scripture found in the first selection for today's reading. As a...
October 25, 2022
You Don’t Have to Do it All - Blessed Is She

You Don’t Have to Do it All

He is like a tree planted near running water, that yields its fruit in due season. // Psalm 1:1-3 “You’re trying to do too much.” This blunt but much needed...
October 24, 2022
Humility Is the Entire Point - Blessed Is She

Humility Is the Entire Point

“But the tax collector stood off at a distance and would not even raise his eyes to heaven but beat his breast and prayed, 'O God, be merciful to me...
October 23, 2022
God's Special Call for You - Blessed Is She

God's Special Call for You

Grace was given to each of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift. // Ephesians 4:7 The eyes of all the little faces on our various icons of the...
October 22, 2022
Brought in with Friendship - Blessed Is She

Brought in with Friendship

[L]ive in a manner worthy of the call you have received, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another through love. // Ephesians 4:1-2 “They weren’t asking...
October 21, 2022
Already Ablaze in My Heart - Blessed Is She

Already Ablaze in My Heart

“I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing!” // Luke 12:49 The Readings today are vivid in promise and imagery. Saint...
October 20, 2022
Beauty Changes Everything - Blessed Is She

Beauty Changes Everything

To me, the very least of all the holy ones, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the inscrutable riches of Christ. // Ephesians 3:8 “I have a...
October 19, 2022
Completing the Proclamation - Blessed Is She

Completing the Proclamation

But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength, so that through me the proclamation might be completed. // 2 Timothy 4:17 Walking across a dark campus following my...
October 18, 2022
All the Political Email Forwards - Blessed Is She

All the Political Email Forwards

The Lord made us, we belong to him. // Psalm 100:3 It was a hotly contested election season and all I received from this well-intended friend was forwards. Forwarded emails...
October 17, 2022