To the Mom with a Messy Home
Sometimes I struggle to keep up with all the mess in my life. And trust me, with a 18-month-old little boy, more often then not there is a lot of...
How to Start a Rosary Group at Your Child’s School
We’re moms, all of us. That’s what we have in common, along with our Catholic Faith. Every Monday, we drop our big kids at school and meet in the choir...
Meet the Advent Journal Writers | Week 2
Our 2019 Advent Journal, All the Generations: From Genesis to You, is an offering written by our entire Blessed is She team! For the first time this year, we will...
When You Doubt God's Abundance
Grasping. Clinging. Containing. Owning. Hiding. Hoarding. Defending. These can be our immediate tendencies when something good is within reach. We find ourselves grasping for things and trying to possess them....
Fertility and Childbirth: Does More Control Mean More Disappointment?
I'm going to preface this by saying that infertility is devastating. It has always been. If we look back through human history, through literature and the Scriptures, we can see...
Life as a Consecrated Virgin
I have always had big dreams. I was one of those kids that had a crazy answer to what they wanted to be when they grew up. While other kids...
Meet the Advent Journal Writers | Week 1
Our 2019 Advent Journal, All the Generations: From Genesis to You, is an offering written by our entire Blessed is She team! For the first time this year, we will...
Faith + Friday Night Lights
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Believe it or not, I never actually attended a high school football game while I was in high school. My tiny Catholic high school in rural southern Illinois didn’t...
How to Maintain a Fruitful Prayer Rhythm
Several years ago, I was struggling to keep a consistent rhythm of prayer in my life. At the time, I was a mom of six young children, and life was...
Harvest Time and Letting Go
Metaphors are a powerful tool for teaching, and there are few metaphors richer than that of bringing something new to birth. Two Kinds of Birth I always find it interesting...
On the History of the Living Rosary
My relationship with praying the Rosary has been off and on for the past ten years. Returning home from Marian pilgrimage sites, for a time I would earnestly pray the...
Cultivating Closeness with Your Family this Coming Advent
If there’s one thing I picture most vividly when I think ahead to Advent, it’s moments with my family. I remember racing with my siblings to be the first to...
