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Weezer, the Beatles, and All Things New - Blessed Is She

Weezer, the Beatles, and All Things New

Nothing is new under the sun. // Ecclesiastes 1:9 I sprung into the driver’s seat and held up my old Weezer Blue Album CD. Looking at my kids in the...
September 22, 2022
We Need Healing - Blessed Is She

We Need Healing

“Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do . . . I did not come to call the righteous but sinners.” // Matthew 9:12-13 I...
September 21, 2022
Family as Love in Action - Blessed Is She

Family as Love in Action

He said to them in reply, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and act on it.” // Luke 8:21 The morning my husband...
September 20, 2022
A Heart Ready to Give - Blessed Is She

A Heart Ready to Give

Refuse no one the good in which he has a claim when it is in your power to do it for him. Say not to your neighbor, ‘Go and come...
September 19, 2022
Rest Surrounded by Word - Blessed Is She

Rest Surrounded by Word

Lead a quiet and tranquil life in all devotion and dignity. // 1 Timothy 2:2 I run a small business from home and am a homeschooling mother, so I don’t...
September 18, 2022
Letting the Lord Nourish the Soil - Blessed Is She

Letting the Lord Nourish the Soil

Now I know that God is with me. In God, in whose promise I glory, in God I trust without fear. // Psalm 56: 10c-12 I ran up the stairs...
September 17, 2022
Deeply Seen and Loved as a Woman - Blessed Is She

Deeply Seen and Loved as a Woman

Accompanying him were the Twelve and some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities. // Luke 8:2 Every time we as women have felt badly treated by...
September 16, 2022
Hidden Swords, Hidden Grace - Blessed Is She

Hidden Swords, Hidden Grace

For I am the least of the Apostles, not fit to be called an Apostle, because I persecuted the Church of God. But by the grace of God I am...
September 15, 2022
Lifted up to Jesus - Blessed Is She

Lifted up to Jesus

Rather, he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, coming in human likeness; and found human in appearance, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, even death on a...
September 14, 2022
Heavenly Mother Always Listening - Blessed Is She

Heavenly Mother Always Listening

The dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother. // Luke 7:15 I walked back and forth and back and forth in the...
September 13, 2022
Mary as Our Patron - Blessed Is She

Mary as Our Patron

Blessed are you, O Virgin Mary, who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled. // Luke 1:45 The Church honors Mary in a special...
September 12, 2022
The Trouble with Prayer Intentions - Blessed Is She

The Trouble with Prayer Intentions

Indeed, the grace of our Lord has been abundant. // 1 Timothy 1:14 Can I trust you with a secret? Sometimes I feel silly sharing prayer intentions with friends if...
September 11, 2022