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Scripture Verses to Pray for Your Marriage - Blessed Is She

Scripture Verses to Pray for Your Marriage

My husband and I have often wondered together in awe of our families’ shared history of long marriages. We ourselves will celebrate 21 years of marriage this month. Both sets...
Scripture Verses to Pray When You're Disappointed - Blessed Is She

Scripture Verses to Pray When You're Disappointed

My son should be graduating from high school this week. Along with his friends and classmates, our firstborn should be donning a cap and gown so he can cross a...
Giving Thanks and Letting Go - Blessed Is She

Giving Thanks and Letting Go

I stand at the kitchen island slicing tomatoes. The lettuce and onion are already on the tray. There are french fries baking in the oven and a pan of brownies...
How to Pray the Rosary // A Step-by-Step Guide - Blessed Is She

How to Pray the Rosary // A Step-by-Step Guide

I remember the first time I prayed an entire Rosary. I was twelve-and-a-half years old, and I had no idea what I was doing. My baby sister was just born...
Scripture Verses to Pray in the Springtime - Blessed Is She

Scripture Verses to Pray in the Springtime

In Florida, we don’t have a traditional “spring.” Well, we don’t really have any winter, which makes it harder to notice the seasons change. Summer lasts forever, and blends into...
What’s So Hard About Making, Being, and Keeping Friends as Adults? - Blessed Is She

What’s So Hard About Making, Being, and Keeping Friends as Adults?

I think I watched too many episodes of Friends and Golden Girls in my formative years. I grew up with this idea that when I was an adult, I’d have...
Grace in the Wanting: Searching for a Unique + Intimate Relationship with Jesus - Blessed Is She

Grace in the Wanting: Searching for a Unique + Intimate Relationship with Jesus

Before I met my husband, I was so annoyed by people with boyfriends. They spent all their time together, talking nonstop, always considering what the other person wanted or thought....
On the Feast of St. Stephen - Blessed Is She

On the Feast of St. Stephen

Happy Feast of St. Stephen, sisters! And, to those of you in the UK or countries historically connected to it, happy Boxing Day! Wait a second, you might be thinking...
The Prayer Before Meals - Blessed Is She

The Prayer Before Meals

There’s a pretty funny meme about our Grace Before Meals that’s been making the rounds lately. In the background is the painting of an old man with his hands folded...
Faith + Friday Night Lights - Blessed Is She

Faith + Friday Night Lights

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Believe it or not, I never actually attended a high school football game while I was in high school. My tiny Catholic high school in rural southern Illinois didn’t...
The Archangels for Beginners - Blessed Is She

The Archangels for Beginners

Oh, the fun that could’ve been had with the title to this post! Should I have called it Archangels for Dummies? Or maybe, Mike, Gabe, and Raf: Three Cool Dudes...
Scripture Verses to Pray When You're Missing Someone - Blessed Is She

Scripture Verses to Pray When You're Missing Someone

Sometimes, we’re the one that stays behind. Sometimes, we’re the one that leaves. Maybe we’re the one who remains while our loved one moves on. Or maybe we’re the one...