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2017 Fall Trends for Your Sunday Best - Blessed Is She

2017 Fall Trends for Your Sunday Best

When I was younger, I was the kid who dragged my feet to church. To be honest, I was really only in it for the donuts. As I got older...
10 Ways the Selah Journal Can Deepen Your Prayer Life - Blessed Is She

10 Ways the Selah Journal Can Deepen Your Prayer Life

The Blessed is She Selah Journal is here! "Selah" means to pause, to think of that. Intended to be a companion to the daily devotions, this reflection journal offers women...
Sweet and Sour Chicken Confessions - Blessed Is She

Sweet and Sour Chicken Confessions

My affection for sweet and sour chicken did not begin until a few years ago. In simpler times, I preferred macaroni and cheese, chicken tenders, and the occasional peanut butter...
Weekly Wallpaper // 121 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 121

This week's BIS wallpaper is from our 2017 Advent mug!! It is on sale now in our shop! Laura Fanucci wrote this year's Advent journal, called In the Beginning, and...
2017 Advent Journal for Catholic Women: An Interview with the Author - Blessed Is She

2017 Advent Journal for Catholic Women: An Interview with the Author

We are so thrilled to announce the release of the 2017 Catholic Advent Journal from Blessed is She! Advent begins a brand new year within the Church. We are invited...
Rise + Shine - Blessed Is She

Rise + Shine

Dear Jesus, help me to spread Your fragrance everywhere I go. Flood my soul with Your spirit and life. Penetrate and possess my whole being so utterly, That my life...
6 Ways to Endure and Offer the Sufferings of Motherhood - Blessed Is She

6 Ways to Endure and Offer the Sufferings of Motherhood

My calf began to cramp as I bounced my leg up and down, attempting to nurse my 9 month old to sleep on my lap in a too-small plane seat....
How "This is Us" is Making Me More Attentive to the Domestic Church - Blessed Is She

How "This is Us" is Making Me More Attentive to the Domestic Church

As a Catholic woman in modern society, I'm always on the lookout for art forms that demonstrate the realities of our fallen world and the redemption that can be experienced...
Weekly Wallpaper // 120 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 120

"Then, overcome by joy, I cried, 'Jesus, my love. At last I have found my vocation. My vocation is love. In the heart of the Church, my mother, I will...
Flower Crown Tutorial for Saint Thérèse's Feast Day - Blessed Is She

Flower Crown Tutorial for Saint Thérèse's Feast Day

I vividly remember the day my mom handed me a book on St. Therese the Little Flower. As a professional reader at age 11, it did not take me long...
A Step-by-Step Guide to Celebrating Michaelmas - Blessed Is She

A Step-by-Step Guide to Celebrating Michaelmas

On the 29th of September the Church celebrates the feast of the Archangels Rafael, Gabriel, and Michael. For centuries this holy day was called Michaelmas, the day the faithful went...
Reading the Lives of Our Sister Saints - Blessed Is She

Reading the Lives of Our Sister Saints

One of my favorite parts about being Catholic is the Communion of Saints. They remind me of ice cream flavors. Hang on, stick with me for a second here! There...