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He Is Tenderness // Found Preview - Blessed Is She

He Is Tenderness // Found Preview

I reach to pick up my newborn and he nuzzles his way under my neck. Instinctively he knows where his place of comfort is. He knows that underneath my neck,...
Reflecting On The End of The Liturgical Year - Blessed Is She

Reflecting On The End of The Liturgical Year

We can learn a lot from the wisdom of autumn. After a big celebration of colors, the trees let go of their leaves because they are no longer needed. Fall...
Entering Into Advent - Blessed Is She

Entering Into Advent

As I anticipate Advent’s approach, I wonder, how will this year be different? Every year I make the “Lent” and “Advent” comparison, asking myself whether or not I should really...
Finding Gratitude In The Valley - Blessed Is She

Finding Gratitude In The Valley

This Thanksgiving, there will be one less person around our dinner table. My husband's father—my children's grandfather—passed away this year on Father's Day. We have already experienced "firsts" without him....
2023 Catholic Holiday Gift Guide | Catholic Women-Owned Businesses - Blessed Is She

2023 Catholic Holiday Gift Guide | Catholic Women-Owned Businesses

We know you have a lot on your plate this Thanksgiving week (literally and figuratively) and we wanted to make your Christmas shopping easier. After all, don't you want to...
Religious Imagery, Taylor Swift and Prayer - Blessed Is She

Religious Imagery, Taylor Swift and Prayer

In the year 2023, Taylor Swift has dominated the world with the Eras Tour and releasing the Taylor’s Versions of Speak Now and 1989 (my top two favorite albums of...
Mother Frances Cabrini - Blessed Is She

Mother Frances Cabrini

A surprising thing happened on March 10, 2020. The state of Colorado declared October 2 Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini Day. Such a declaration was a first on many levels, but...
Rebuilt In Love - Blessed Is She

Rebuilt In Love

Rome’s Four Major Basilicas I recently had the opportunity to lead a pilgrimage to Rome, Italy. In preparation for the pilgrimage, I was able to create the itinerary. Rome is...
BiS Reads // Finding Peace in the Storm - Blessed Is She

BiS Reads // Finding Peace in the Storm

The storms of life rise and fall, ebb and flow. Some we see brewing on the horizon, while some come all too unexpectedly. When we find ourselves in the midst...
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The Good Shepherd: From Beginning To End - Blessed Is She

The Good Shepherd: From Beginning To End

When I first found out that Psalm 23/Jesus as the Good Shepherd would be the theme for Blessed is She’s Advent devotional this year, I could not believe how God...
At What Cost?: Intentional Purchasing - Blessed Is She

At What Cost?: Intentional Purchasing

On an errand for carpet cleaner this morning, I stopped into a store known for their low prices. It was one of those rare occasions where I had one thing...