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Pebbles at Another’s Feet //  A Poem on Grieving - Blessed Is She

Pebbles at Another’s Feet // A Poem on Grieving

I’ve learned to see Grief like she’s my sister, learned to love, to be patient with her. I embrace Grief and she walks with me on blistered feet, sometimes hand-in-hand...
Weekly Wallpaper // 282 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 282

He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.” // Mark 6:31 Love this from today's readings. Let His word dwell in us...
Consolation During Spiritual Attack - Blessed Is She

Consolation During Spiritual Attack

There are times in our lives when the devil has been particularly active. Whether it’s a flat tire on the way to an important event, the microphone not working in...
5 Books to Read for Making and Breaking Habits - Blessed Is She

5 Books to Read for Making and Breaking Habits

I scrolled through Facebook until a Disney meme caught my eye. It was a picture of a Cruella de Vil driving with clenched fists, bloodshot eyes, and frizzy hair. The...
Running Without Music, Not Without Purpose - Blessed Is She

Running Without Music, Not Without Purpose

On the day of my first marathon, I woke up at 4:30 a.m. After dressing in my running shorts and tank top, I found a Sharpie and opened my journal...
Weekly Wallpaper // 281 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 281

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavens, as he chose us in him,...
The Three Responses to Sin - Blessed Is She

The Three Responses to Sin

Over a decade ago I heard Mother Angelica make the following analogy in regards to sin and holiness. This audacious Carmelite likened sin to a mud puddle into which no...
BIS Reads // Millennial Nuns by The Daughters of St. Paul - Blessed Is She

BIS Reads // Millennial Nuns by The Daughters of St. Paul

On the night before He suffered, Jesus prayed for His disciples, who were "in the world" but who belonged entirely to Him (see John 17). This call of radical discipleship...
Pilgrims Persistent in Prayer - Blessed Is She

Pilgrims Persistent in Prayer

Since early in the new year, I have been tuning in to Father Mike Schmitz’s Bible in a Year Podcast. Recently, we heard the Gospel of Mark. Over and over...
Weekly Wallpaper // 280 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 280

...but he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.” // 2 Corinthians 12:9 Love this from today's readings. Let His word...
REMEMBER Series // Healing After Infertility - Blessed Is She

REMEMBER Series // Healing After Infertility

Welcome to our Remember series, where we pause to reflect on how God has proven faithful in the past so to help us place our trust in Him in the...
REMEMBER Series // Finding an Unlikely Friend - Blessed Is She

REMEMBER Series // Finding an Unlikely Friend

Welcome to our Remember series, where we pause to reflect on how God has proven faithful in the past so to help us place our trust in Him in the...