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Family: Again and Again - Blessed Is She

Family: Again and Again

Again and again. Family – that messy, intimate, painful, glorious creation. It’s the place where the Divine takes ingredients from two separate families, blends them together, and observes the results....
Sisters Speak in the #BISsisterhood - Blessed Is She

Sisters Speak in the #BISsisterhood

Let’s get to know each other a bit more, as sisters in Christ. Feel free to share your answers to these questions in on our Instagram post and/or your own...
Weekly Wallpaper // 78 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 78

Today's psalms give us such a beautiful message and Tara of Frame Worthy Designs made it even more beautiful for us. "Fill us at daybreak with your kindness, that we...
Extraordinary Women for Ordinary Time - Blessed Is She

Extraordinary Women for Ordinary Time

I have this friend. This friend is a blogger. A successful blogger. She creates custom tote bags that are bought by the rich and fabulous. Her studio is obviously the...
Sisters Speak in the #BISsisterhood - Blessed Is She

Sisters Speak in the #BISsisterhood

Let’s get to know each other a bit more, as sisters in Christ. Feel free to share your answers to these questions in on our Instagram post and/or your own...
Weekly Wallpaper // 76 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 76

I love this week's readings because it reminds us that life is indeed difficult, but it is all for our greater good! The things that are hard now are preparing...
Weekly Wallpaper // 75 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 75

SO, it's the middle of the week and this wallpaper is just getting up - it's been that kind of week! BUT what a beautiful reminder as we finish out...
An Extraordinary Woman: Saint Teresa Benedicta of Cross (Edith Stein) - Blessed Is She

An Extraordinary Woman: Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross

Learn how Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross can inspire us to incorporate love, trust, and patience in our daily lives, even when life grows mundane.
Sisters Speak in the #BISsisterhood - Blessed Is She

Sisters Speak in the #BISsisterhood

Let’s get to know each other a bit more, as sisters in Christ. Feel free to share your answers to these questions in on our Instagram post and/or your own...
Extraordinary Women: Mother Teresa - Blessed Is She

Extraordinary Women: Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa's quotes are gold. She famously once said, "I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts there can be no more pain, and only love."...
Weekly Wallpaper // 74 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 74

Today we are challenged to look at our most treasured parts of our life. You can download this wallpaper by the amazing Lauren of When Beauty Met Truth for free...
Extraordinary Women: St. Theresa of Avila - Blessed Is She

Extraordinary Women: St. Theresa of Avila

St. Theresa of Avila famously said, “From silly devotions and sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us!” and “A sad nun is a bad nun!” Like Pope Francis today, she knew...