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Christmas Cards: Who, What, When, and Why? - Blessed Is She

Ah, Christmas! The season when we actually look forward to mail. Well, that is until the credit card bills start...

When the Holidays Make Your Grief Bigger - Blessed Is She

Everyone has a story. When I meet people for the first time and express genuine interest in their lives, many...

The Serenity Prayer and Letting it Go - Blessed Is She

Often, I feel like Queen Elsa in the 2013 Disney film, Frozen, with "let it go" repeating in my head...

Celebrating St. Nicholas Day: Unique Ideas - Blessed Is She

I’m not going to lie, friends. Prior to writing this post, I did not know much about St. Nicholas. Sure,...

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Songs of the Season: Advent Music vs. Christmas Music - Blessed Is She

Welcome to Advent, sisters! Isn’t it wonderful that the time has come to prepare for Christ’s birth yet again? What...

7 Ways to Gift Differently with Meaningful and Minimalist Gift Giving - Blessed Is She

Have you had this conversation in your head, too? It goes something like this: “This is all just too much....

A Great Light // The 2018 Advent Gathering - Blessed Is She

Every year, in the midst of Advent, we as a sisterhood take pause for a one-day retreat together. Although we're...

Catholic Books to Savor this Advent - Blessed Is She

Every year, around this time, I start to feel a bit weary. The fatigue I feel toward the end of...

What Do You Ask of Him? // On the Feast of St. Andrew the Apostle - Blessed Is She

The Advent season is coming up. It's one of my favorite times of the year. I am beginning to contemplate...

Advent and Christmas Books for Children - Blessed Is She

Sitting down with my children and opening one of our treasured Advent and Christmas picture books has become a dear...

Living Liturgically During Advent - Blessed Is She

Advent is, by its very nature, a season of waiting and anticipation, not a destination. But to me this year,...

A Marriage Blessing - Blessed Is She

It all started when my grandma came home from Rome a few summers ago. She said, “Oh Honey! There were...

Bringing the Light: Preparing for Advent - Blessed Is She

One of my favorite memories of our first home in Minnesota was going out on a cold night (which we...

Shepherd + King - Blessed Is She

The King of love my shepherd is, whose goodness fails me never; I nothing lack if I am his, and...

Let's Not Talk the Talk - Blessed Is She

When I started out in the working world, my older sister gave me some advice about gossip. She said I...

On Gratitude and Choosing Joy - Blessed Is She

Thanksgiving seemingly always comes out of nowhere. Isn’t that the case every year? Suddenly it is that time of year...

More than Saying Thank You: Cultivating Gratitude in Our Teenage Children - Blessed Is She

In 1 Thessalonians, we read, “In all circumstances give thanks, for this is the will of God for you in...