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Teach Us to Pray - Blessed Is She

Teach Us to Pray

There is something so incredibly intimate about hearing someone pray in their own words. Rote prayers are beautiful and helpful in directing our prayer towards God. They lead us into...
June 06, 2019
Wolves, Quantum Physics, and Prayer - Blessed Is She

Wolves, Quantum Physics, and Prayer

There are a lot of things about this world that I don’t understand. Countless things really. From basics on how gravity actually works to the complexities of quantum physics. Every...
June 05, 2019
Nothing Is Wasted - Blessed Is She

Nothing Is Wasted

For years, I’ve prayed for the conversion of loved ones—people I desperately want to know the love of Jesus. I’ve offered novenas and masses, asked the intercession of both powerhouse...
June 04, 2019
Endurance to Defend the Faith - Blessed Is She

Endurance to Defend the Faith

The first time I read through the Acts of the Apostles, I was completely struck by this line in today’s First Reading: "He entered the synagogue, and for three months...
June 03, 2019
We Are a Gift - Blessed Is She

We Are a Gift

I have a tendency to view myself as "too much." After being told that I feel or process with "too much" depth, or that I talk way "too much," I...
June 02, 2019
To Instruct, and Strengthen, the Ignorant - Blessed Is She

To Instruct, and Strengthen, the Ignorant

I’ll be honest: I am not a huge fan of patristics, the earliest Church fathers. When first introduced to the patristic fathers in my twenties, I often found their writing...
June 01, 2019
Walk with Me - Blessed Is She

Walk with Me

Many years ago, I was a young Jewish woman, estranged from my own mother and struggling to find my way into the Catholic Church. I was already a believer in...
May 31, 2019
Hearing a Father's Voice - Blessed Is She

Hearing a Father's Voice

I was a Navy brat growing up. Our family is one with a long-standing tradition of Naval service, and most of them, including my dad, served on submarines spending the...
May 30, 2019
He Will Guide You in Truth - Blessed Is She

He Will Guide You in Truth

“When I grow up, I am going to be a missionary to China!” my daughter announced, bouncing up from her schoolwork. I smiled at her, redirecting her back to her...
May 29, 2019
Our Help and Advocate in Times of Change - Blessed Is She

Our Help and Advocate in Times of Change

In my work as a Montessori teacher, the most challenging parts for the children during the school year and individual days were the times of transition. Change can be difficult....
May 28, 2019
Can I Get A Witness? - Blessed Is She

Can I Get A Witness?

As I read today’s First Reading, I was intrigued by the woman Lydia. She was not a Jew, but she was a "worshiper of God” and she “listened and the...
May 27, 2019
Where He Dwells - Blessed Is She

Where He Dwells

Somewhere between a quarter and midlife crisis, in the last year or so I have found my mind often drifting towards the end-of-life things. Maybe it has to do with...
May 26, 2019