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Forgiveness Isn't a Feeling - Blessed Is She

Forgiveness Isn't a Feeling

My stomach twisted in the most breathtaking of knots while I washed the last of the dinner dishes. My forearms were covered in suds and my mind was covered in...
August 17, 2017
Christ's Conflict Resolution Lesson - Blessed Is She

Christ's Conflict Resolution Lesson

I have a horrible memory for written text. And for spoken word. And for episodes of shows. Basically just a bad memory in general. But today’s Gospel is a lesson...
August 16, 2017
O Mary, Mother of God - Blessed Is She

O Mary, Mother of God

Happy Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary! On this Holy Day of Obligation, at Mass you will hear the priest pray these words of the Preface just...
August 15, 2017
Drowning in Everything I Ever Wanted - Blessed Is She

Drowning in Everything I Ever Wanted

The disciples have been up all night, being tossed about by waves. It’s sometime between three and six in the morning when they are frightened to see a ghostly figure...
August 13, 2017
I Love You, Lord My Strength! - Blessed Is She

I Love You, Lord My Strength!

I used to get sick all the time. Throughout high school and college I seemed to live a chronic roller coaster of incapacitating illness that would eventually move into short...
August 12, 2017
Miracles and Memory Loss - Blessed Is She

Miracles and Memory Loss

I have what you might call spiritual amnesia. The Lord has been so good to me, so patient, so generous, and yet when trouble comes, I forget everything He has...
August 11, 2017
Grace and Giving - Blessed Is She

Grace and Giving

“Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully . . . . God loves a cheerful giver.” (2 Corinthians 9:6-7) I woke up...
August 10, 2017
Jesus Knows Your Demon - Blessed Is She

Jesus Knows Your Demon

Are you troubled, sister? The demons who stalk the Earth can take advantage of our weaknesses. They may make themselves known in our lives by encouraging us to feel out...
August 09, 2017
Thinking Outside the Box - Blessed Is She

Thinking Outside the Box

"See this drawing?" my husband asked our daughter, holding up a two-dimensional rendering of an imaginary animal she'd drawn. He was trying to explain to her God's omniscience in light...
August 08, 2017
Manna, Loaves, and Fish(sticks) - Blessed Is She

Manna, Loaves, and Fish(sticks)

I used to love cooking dinner. No one in my family was ever much of a chef, let alone a "foodie," and it wasn't until I was out on my...
August 07, 2017
You Are My Father - Blessed Is She

You Are My Father

A seasoned retreat preacher once told me times of intense encounter with God like retreat or our daily times of prayer train us to live in the presence of the...
August 06, 2017
Benediction - Blessed Is She

Benediction

When I was in high school, I attended a weekly meeting of my parish’s youth group. At the end of every meeting, our pastor, an older Irish priest, would make...
August 05, 2017