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God's Love Is Big Enough for Me and You - Blessed Is She

God's Love Is Big Enough for Me and You

When I was younger, I had a bad habit of comparing how my parents raised my younger sister to how they raised me. I was often quick to point out...
November 06, 2017
Nervous to Meet Christ After Death - Blessed Is She

Nervous to Meet Christ After Death

When I imagine meeting Jesus after my death I know that I will be in the presence of His perfect love. I imagine Him cupping my face in His hand,...
November 05, 2017
Seen for Who We Really Are - Blessed Is She

Seen for Who We Really Are

Today in the Gospel, Jesus talks to us about humility. He tells us, "For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted."...
November 04, 2017
Prudential Judgment with God's Love Sprinkled on Top - Blessed Is She

Prudential Judgment with God's Love Sprinkled on Top

In today's Gospel according to Saint Luke, Jesus dines in the home of one of the leading Pharisees. You and I both know this is going to end with an...
November 03, 2017
Saint Gertie the Great and All the Souls - Blessed Is She

Saint Gertie the Great and All the Souls

In all her wisdom, the Catholic Church teaches that our soul can end up in one of three places when we die. The first is Heaven. Yay, backflip! Can I...
November 02, 2017
The Beatitudes Are More than Spiritual Morse Code - Blessed Is She

The Beatitudes Are More than Spiritual Morse Code

Saint Bonaventure Capuchin Monastery is a simple community in the heart of Detroit that was the home of soon-to-be beatified Father Solanus Casey. For Metro-Detroiter's, it is known as a...
November 01, 2017
Hope Will Carry Us Through the Worst of It - Blessed Is She

Hope Will Carry Us Through the Worst of It

Don’t you just love Saint Paul? I love his letters. They are filled with such passion and such excitement and such relevance. That something written 2000 years ago could have...
October 31, 2017
You Are Set Free of Your Infirmity - Blessed Is She

You Are Set Free of Your Infirmity

I was eighteen years old when I decided that I was tired of living a wishy-washy faith. My faith had been fueled by one retreat after another only to fizz...
October 30, 2017
How Much Do You Love Yourself? - Blessed Is She

How Much Do You Love Yourself?

I’ve been intentionally following Jesus for more than half of my life now, but I still haven’t managed to nail down one of His two most important commandments. "You shall...
October 29, 2017
Belonging to Something Greater than Ourselves - Blessed Is She

Belonging to Something Greater than Ourselves

Although it’s been many years since I moved out of my parents’ home, I remember it like it was yesterday. In one week’s time, I landed a promising job and...
October 28, 2017
Every New Day I Start Again - Blessed Is She

Every New Day I Start Again

Most mornings I get up, stumble to the living room and my well-worn chair and say morning prayer before my kids wake up. Sometimes these mornings are already filled with...
October 27, 2017
Extinguishing Vices, Growing Virtues - Blessed Is She

Extinguishing Vices, Growing Virtues

Contained in every life advancement or achievement, there is both a "no" and a "yes" involved. If I want to compete in a triathlon, I must say "no" to lazy...
October 26, 2017