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3 Saints to Turn to During Times of Betrayal - Blessed Is She

3 Saints to Turn to During Times of Betrayal

When Jesus had spoken these words, He went forth with His disciples across the Kidron valley, where there was a garden, which He and His disciples entered. Now Judas, who...
Ideas for Displaying Palm Sunday Palms Around Your Home - Blessed Is She

Ideas for Displaying Palm Sunday Palms Around Your Home

Sisters, please tell me I am not the only one who has, admittedly more than once in my life, lost a palm from Palm Sunday. Some time in between folding...
Thorns + Kisses - Blessed Is She

Thorns + Kisses

There he hangs—pale figure pinned against the wood. God grant that I may love Him as a I really know I should. I draw a little closer to share that...
Making Holy Week New - Blessed Is She

Making Holy Week New

Tomorrow, we enter into the holiest week of the Church’s year. If you experienced God’s love and mercy in a new and powerful way this Lent, Holy Week may be...
A Wrinkle in Time Review - Blessed Is She

A Wrinkle in Time Review

It’s always a little unnerving when a well-loved novel gets a cinematic makeover, isn’t it? It can go so, so well. But it can also leave you feeling disappointed, confused,...
Whose Name is Discouragement - Blessed Is She

Whose Name is Discouragement

The last day of the year. A 2.5-hour drive to a friend’s house in Sycamore, IL became a harrowing 7.5-hour excursion toward and then away from South Bend, IN. Though...
Not-So-Typical Unique Catholic Baby Names - Blessed Is She

Not-So-Typical Unique Catholic Baby Names

When my husband and I were expecting our first baby, we knew we wanted to give our baby a name from the tradition of our Faith. Of course, choosing a...
Loving God with Our Hearts, Souls, and Minds - Blessed Is She

Loving God with Our Hearts, Souls, and Minds

We are all invited to be part of the world’s greatest love story. God’s ultimate desire is for us to become one with His complete and perfect love. And if...
MYSTERY: Discovering the Depth of the Rosary - Blessed Is She

MYSTERY: Discovering the Depth of the Rosary

Perhaps the best person to teach us about the life of Christ is His mother, Mary. After all, she was there with Him from the moment of the Incarnation to...
Giving Our Lives to Jesus: Lessons from St. Joseph - Blessed Is She

Giving Our Lives to Jesus: Lessons from St. Joseph

A poor but noble man was once betrothed to a beautiful, virtuous young woman. Before the wedding, his fiancé became pregnant. But she was—and would remain—a virgin the entirety of...
Forgive + Heal - Blessed Is She

Forgive + Heal

The Father’s love does not force itself on the beloved. Although he wants to heal us all of our inner darkness, we are still free to make our own choice...
Beauty Worthy of Praise - Blessed Is She

Beauty Worthy of Praise

Sometimes you just need a pick-me-up. T minus 4 years ago I developed a heightening concern for my appearance. Comparison, as we learn from Theodore Roosevelt, is the thief of...