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Lent for the Married - Blessed Is She

Lent for the Married

Andrew and I were passing ideas back forth—sweets, alcohol, eating between meals. What to give up for Lent? I could do the typical, but I want this year to be...
A Glimpse Into Fat Tuesday from a New Orleans Native - Blessed Is She

A Glimpse Into Fat Tuesday from a New Orleans Native

When we are talking liturgical year, I know Fat Tuesday is the term most people use to describe the day before Ash Wednesday. But as a New Orleans native, for...
Good Friday // Feel the Nails - Blessed Is She

Good Friday // Feel the Nails

Good Friday…the day that started it all…our salvation and our great hope that one day we will be with Christ again in Heaven. How odd is it that every Good...
Holy Thursday // Lead Me To The Cross - Blessed Is She

Holy Thursday // Lead Me To The Cross

He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, "Master, are you going to wash my feet?" Jesus answered and said to him, "What I am doing, you do not...
Holy Week // Honoring the Liturgy - Blessed Is She

Holy Week // Honoring the Liturgy

Once upon a time, I planned ahead and decorated so nicely for changes in seasons. Now, it feels more like a scramble, but even now as we are in Holy...
Holy Week // The Beginning - Blessed Is She

Holy Week // The Beginning

As I sit here tonight thinking over the past few weeks of Lent, it's the first time I've ever wondered where it went. When Easter is so early in the...
#BISLent // Weekly Lenten Link-Up 5 - Blessed Is She

#BISLent // Weekly Lenten Link-Up 5

Every week, we will open up a link-up for your blog posts, your instagram posts, your thoughts to share with each other as sisters. We will offer a prompt that...
#BISLent // Weekly Lenten Link-Up 4 - Blessed Is She

#BISLent // Weekly Lenten Link-Up 4

We offer a place to come together as a community and document how this Lent is going. Every week, we will open up a link-up for your blog posts, your...
#BISLent // Weekly Lenten Link-Up 3 - Blessed Is She

#BISLent // Weekly Lenten Link-Up 3

Every week, we will open up a link-up for your blog posts, your instagram posts, your thoughts to share with each other as sisters. We will offer a prompt that...
#BISLent // Weekly Lenten Link-Up 2 - Blessed Is She

#BISLent // Weekly Lenten Link-Up 2

On this second 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...
#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...
Good Friday // Feel the Nails - Blessed Is She

Good Friday // Feel the Nails

Good Friday...the day that started it all...our salvation and our great hope that one day we will be with Christ again in Heaven. How odd is it that every Good...