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5 Ways to Achieve Inner Peace - Blessed Is She

5 Ways to Achieve Inner Peace

The world is busy. Long to-do lists, endless extracurricular activities, and plenty of prime-time television abound. And yet, when there’s much to do, value still abides in zipping our lips...
Weekly Wallpaper // 51 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 51

  We're entering our first full week of Lent. Jesus shows us in the gospel that he resists the temptations of the world presented to him by the evil one...
#BISLent // Weekly Lenten Link-Up 1 - Blessed Is She

#BISLent // Weekly Lenten Link-Up 1

On this first Sunday of Lent, we want to offer a place to come together as a community and document how this Lent is going. Every week, we will open...
Weekly Wallpaper // 50 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 50

We are SO excited about how excited so many of you are for Lent this year. What a beautiful time of solitude, of prayer, of fasting, of service of mercy....
Sign of Love - Blessed Is She

Sign of Love

"As God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony." Colossians...
Weekly Wallpaper // 49 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 49

  We're about to enter into a new liturgical season so we have a colorful wallpaper before we enter the hues of purple, created by Katrina of Hatch Prints! You...
6 Steps to a Deeper Prayer Life - Blessed Is She

6 Steps to a Deeper Prayer Life

There's something to be said about the stillness of the morning, those moments before the sunrise when the whole world seems still. There's something to be said for praying during...
Weekly Wallpaper // 48 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 48

I take so much comfort in knowing that God knew me before I even entered my mother's womb. That before I was born, there was a plan for me on...
What Does Obedience Look Like to You? - Blessed Is She

What Does Obedience Look Like to You?

Seasons. We go through so many different seasons in our lives, don’t we? And every season teaches us something. Right now my family is in a very crazy season. Recently,...
How Do We Continue? - Blessed Is She

How Do We Continue?

This is it. We have prayed together diligently for the last 31 days. If you have ever been on retreat, you know that the question "How do I keep this...
Quiet Witness in our Homes and Communities - Blessed Is She

Quiet Witness in our Homes and Communities

Let's revisit St. Therese today -- such a powerful patron is worth a few posts! Elizabeth Foss shared this post on her blog about the Little Way in the face...
projectblessed Prayer Pledge Day 29 - Blessed Is She

projectblessed Prayer Pledge Day 29

So many people love St. Therese and her Little Way. Her zeal and holiness continue to inspire women in all vocations, reminding us that our smallness can be a tool...