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Blessed Chats: Fertility // Secondary Infertility - Blessed Is She

Blessed Chats: Fertility // Secondary Infertility

Welcome to our first Blessed Chats series! Each month, we will dedicate an entire week of blog posts to a topic that affects many of us. These conversations often come...
Saints + Bible Verses to Turn to When Struggling with Infertility - Blessed Is She

Saints + Bible Verses to Turn to When Struggling with Infertility

The intercession of the Saints is real and powerful. Throughout my struggle with secondary infertility I have found such comfort and hope in asking the Saints’ intercession. Spiritual Support During...
How NFP Helped Me Diagnose PCOS - Blessed Is She

How NFP Helped Me Diagnose PCOS

When my husband Mike and I got married, we knew that we would be open to life within our marriage. In fact, we both wanted children right away. Though we...
The Seven Deadly Sins + the Seven Lively Virtues - Blessed Is She

The Seven Deadly Sins + the Seven Lively Virtues

When Jesus appeared to Saint Faustina, He told her: The greater the sinner, the greater the right he has to My mercy. Father Jean d’Elbee’s words bring comfort, too: And...
Meals from Our Moms - Blessed Is She

Meals from Our Moms

Mothers are Christ-like in that they lay down their lives for their children. Whether it is in the delivery room, the office, the kitchen, or many miles away interceding on...
Liturgical Living Ideas for Divine Mercy Sunday - Blessed Is She

Liturgical Living Ideas for Divine Mercy Sunday

Tell the whole world about My inconceivable mercy. I desire that the Feast of Mercy be a refuge and shelter for all souls, and especially for poor sinners. On that...
The Consecration to St. Joseph - Blessed Is She

The Consecration to St. Joseph

To the other saints, the Lord seems to have given grace to help us in some of our necessities. But my experience is that St. Joseph helps us in them...
Our Lady of Lourdes and Redemptive Suffering - Blessed Is She

Our Lady of Lourdes and Redemptive Suffering

I get into bed after a long day. My feet ache from chasing my three-year-old, preparing meals for the weekend, and running errands. I feel the sharp twinge of pain...
Why You Should Pray the 54-Day Rosary Novena - Blessed Is She

Why You Should Pray the 54-Day Rosary Novena

Last year, my husband Mike and I went through a period of time when we didn’t pray together. It was disastrous. Thank God that time was short lived; but we...
The Feast of St. Lucy + Meaningful Traditions - Blessed Is She

The Feast of St. Lucy + Meaningful Traditions

Maybe it’s because our names share the same meaning, but I’ve always felt a connection to Saint Lucy. Both Lucy and Claire mean “light” and I am reminded of G.K....
On the Feast of St. Giuseppe Moscati - Blessed Is She

On the Feast of St. Giuseppe Moscati

A Saint is a person in Heaven who lived a virtuous life in a heroic way for the Faith and who is worthy of imitation. It is pleasing to God...
Ways to Imitate the Poverty of St. Francis No Matter Your Vocation or State in Life - Blessed Is She

Ways to Imitate the Poverty of St. Francis No Matter Your Vocation or State in Life

Often, when I think of St. Francis of Assisi, I feel overwhelmed by the legacy of his holiness. At first glance, the heights of his sanctity seem out of reach....