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A Brief Overview of the Various Rites Within the Catholic Church - Blessed Is She

A Brief Overview of the Various Rites Within the Catholic Church

When Catholics consider what distinguishes our Faith from Protestant and Evangelical denominations, we naturally think of the Mass. Catholics attend the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Other Christians do not....
Becoming Lucy - Blessed Is She

Becoming Lucy

I decided to re-read The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis this year. There are few things more comforting than curling up on the couch in a fuzzy blanket in...
Weekly Wallpaper // 268 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 268

But he was pierced for our sins, crushed for our iniquity. He bore the punishment that makes us whole, by his wounds we were healed. // John 12:15 Love this...
Holy Saturday // Recollection, Silence, and Hope - Blessed Is She

Holy Saturday // Recollection, Silence, and Hope

Growing up, I treated Holy Saturday as an early start to Easter. It may not have been the actual celebration of Easter, but I breathed a sigh of relief for...
The Thin Place of Good Friday - Blessed Is She

The Thin Place of Good Friday

Today marks the darkest day of the Church year. It is the sobering remembrance of the Word Incarnate, crucified. Liturgically, it is the only day of the entire year that...
Weekly Wallpaper // 267 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 267

  Fear no more, O daughter Zion; see, your king comes... // John 12:15 Love this print from Mariana Pimiento of Big Apple Catholic. Let His word dwell in us...
Blessed Chats: Single Women // Prayer - Blessed Is She

Blessed Chats: Single Women // Prayer

Welcome to our Blessed Chats series! Each month, we will dedicate an entire week of blog posts to a topic that affects many of us. These conversations often come up...
Blessed Chats: Single Women // What I Had to Unlearn (and Relearn) About Dating - Blessed Is She

Blessed Chats: Single Women // What I Had to Unlearn (and Relearn) About Dating

Welcome to our Blessed Chats series! Each month, we will dedicate an entire week of blog posts to a topic that affects many of us. These conversations often come up...
Blessed Chats: Single Women // Out of the Dating Dumps - Blessed Is She

Blessed Chats: Single Women // Out of the Dating Dumps

Welcome to our Blessed Chats series! Each month, we will dedicate an entire week of blog posts to a topic that affects many of us. These conversations often come up...
How to Be a Spiritual Encourager - Blessed Is She

How to Be a Spiritual Encourager

I said, “Yes,” to the invitation to join a Bible study unlike any Bible study I had ever attended. This one did not include reading and studying Scripture; it was...
Worldly Comfort as an Ideal: How to Combat It - Blessed Is She

Worldly Comfort as an Ideal: How to Combat It

I remember when we got married, I joked with my husband that I missed the graffiti from my inner city neighborhood. It’s not that graffiti is something to be applauded...
Finding Ways to Care for Yourself (Ideas Beyond Self-Care) - Blessed Is She

Finding Ways to Care for Yourself (Ideas Beyond Self-Care)

#selfcare. It’s what we might say when we buy the large mocha with an extra shot of espresso or impulsively buy the dress in the store window. Or if you’re...