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From Counting Shortcomings to Counting Blessings - Blessed Is She

From Counting Shortcomings to Counting Blessings

I’ve been running around the house the last few days like a drill sergeant with a severe case of OCD. “What?!” I shriek at my lovable toddler as he tracks...
Helping Our Daughters Be Free and Confident - Blessed Is She

Helping Our Daughters Be Free and Confident

Throughout the Gospels, there seems to be a growing awareness, astonishment, and even discouragement in the disciples about how difficult it is to enter the kingdom of God: When the...
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...
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...
Believing I'm Beloved - Blessed Is She

Believing I'm Beloved

I stand in line in the grocery store, and my line of vision drifts to the magazine stand next to me. And suddenly, I’m inundated with images of women. Women...
Giving Alms by Shopping Ethically - Blessed Is She

Giving Alms by Shopping Ethically

Almsgiving is one of the most prominent aspects of our Faith’s Lenten practice. We all know that Lent is a time to give more than our norm, and I think...
Check Yes or No: Courageously Building Your Community - Blessed Is She

Check Yes or No: Courageously Building Your Community

“Will you be my boyfriend? Check Yes or No," I wrote at the young age of 12 on my wide ruled piece of notebook paper. I ripped it out as...
Held Captive: St. Josephine Bakhita + Human Trafficking - Blessed Is She

Held Captive: St. Josephine Bakhita + Human Trafficking

In my former job, I accompanied groups of young adults to the U.S./Mexico border each year. The point of the trip was to serve as a pilgrimage to learn what...
Galentine's Day for Catholic Gals - Blessed Is She

Galentine's Day for Catholic Gals

It’s time for another one of my favorite things ever! Let’s take a current cultural trend and make it Catholic! *applause* Some of you may be familiar with the term...
Using Social Media to Support Your Faith - Blessed Is She

Using Social Media to Support Your Faith

It's that time of year when everyone is setting resolutions and goals. For many Blessed is She readers, the top items on your list probably have to do with strengthen...
Carrying the Cross of Infertility Through Advent - Blessed Is She

Carrying the Cross of Infertility Through Advent

My husband, Stephen, and I wanted a honeymoon baby. We joked about it at first, then talked about it excitedly, planning how we might share the news with friends and...
Worth Celebrating: St. Elizabeth of Hungary - Blessed Is She

Worth Celebrating: St. Elizabeth of Hungary

I've met my own modern-day St. Elizabeth of Hungary. Mary Jo Copeland is the founder of Sharing and Caring Hands, based in the Twin Cities. Mary Jo began serving the...