Prayer Hacks from One Mom to Another
Take a deep breath. (Bear with me and give it a try!) Another: in through your nose…and out through your mouth. Stretch your neck from side to side. Relax your...
Seen and Loved
In 2005, as secret-sharing apps like Secret and Whisper were making headlines, Frank Warren’s project PostSecret, a digital chronicle, was raking greater heights. New York Times even called it "the...
A Catholic Young Adult Bible Study for Women, Sure to Open Your Heart
After I graduated from college, I ached for community. During my time at university, I was active in Bible studies and small group settings. These fed my soul. Once I...
Spiritual Growth is Like Stepping into the Ocean
One of my favorite things to do as a mom is to watch our three children at the beach. Through the years I’ve watched the kids go from being barely...
How to Organize Your Phone Apps to Keep Your Priorities Straight
"Your Daily Screen Time This Week Averaged..." The notification popped up on my smartphone and my pulse accelerated. I looked at the hourly average of the time my eyeballs were...
Books By and About Female Saints
The variety of female Saints we have in the Church are like the many ice cream flavors in Baskin Robbins. Hold tight with me, friend! But seriously, doesn’t ice cream...
How to Add a Blessed is She App to Your Home Screen
Do you ever find yourself wanting to get to the Blessed is She devotions, blog posts, or Q&A videos immediately? Tired of typing in the URL on your phone's internet app...
On Saint Mary Magdalene
The Easter Gospel stories from both Matthew and John lead with Mary Magdalene. This is as important as it is surprising. Certainly her account of encounter of the empty tomb...
The Day I Let Christ Into My Bedroom
When I was a little girl, my godmother was divorced from her abusive husband and could not remarry in the Church without an annulment (which she refused to try to...
Resources for Pornography Addiction
Our culture is saturated with porn. Most of us have either suffered from addiction to porn or know someone who does (even if we aren't aware of it). Pornography is...
Ways to Celebrate Mother's Day When Your Mom is Far Away
Since becoming a mother myself, Mother’s Day has become one of my favorite days. Not only because it’s a day that I feel honored and celebrated in my own vocation...
Honoring Mary in and around Our Homes
When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing beside her, he said to his mother, ‘Woman, here is your son.’ Then he said to the...
