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Let Every Heart Prepare Him Room: Getting Ready for Christmas With Confession

Prepare Him Room: Getting Ready for Christmas With Confession

This Advent, as we get ready for Christmas, let our hearts prepare Him room with the Sacrament of Confession.

Lessons on Mercy from Les Misérables

Lessons on Mercy from Les Misérables

As we discover in Les Misérables, our ability to emulate God’s mercy toward others depends on the extent to which we see the Lord in one another.

Augustine’s Confessions: A Catholic Women’s Spiritual Companion

Augustine’s Confessions: A Catholic Women’s Spiritual Companion

If you’ve never read any writings of a Church father, this is your invitation to begin. The Confessions by Saint Augustine is not just a book about the Saint, it is a mirror into our own lives.

Cultivating the Garden of Our Souls

Cultivating the Garden of Our Souls

The Master Gardener calls us to a life of joy and unceasing prayer. With His help, we must attend to the weeds so flowers may blossom and trees bear good fruit.

BIS Reads // Pocket Guide to Overcoming the Seven Deadly Sins

BIS Reads // Pocket Guide to Overcoming the Seven Deadly Sins

Pocket Guide to Overcoming the Seven Deadly Sins helps us recognize how sin affects our lives and gives us a plan to surrender our weakness and return to the merciful Heart of Jesus.

Come Away and Rest Awhile: How to Make a Desert Day

Come Away and Rest Awhile: How to Make a Desert Day

Looking for a way to ignite your prayer life? This Lent, consider making a desert day, a spiritual practice of silence and solitude to pray and rest with the Lord.

Guiding Little Hearts: The Importance of Taking Your Kids to Confession

Guiding Little Hearts: The Importance of Taking Your Kids to Confession

Blessed Is She offers a free, downloadable Examination of Conscience for Kids, which is a great way to help them prepare for the Sacrament of Confession.
The Well Mentorship and My Journey to Catholicism

The Well Mentorship and My Journey to Catholicism

After three years of prayer, tears, and wrestling with God, The Well was the last piece of the puzzle before becoming Catholic.
How to Untangle Our Feminine Hearts From the Knots of Our Wounds

How to Untangle Our Feminine Hearts From the Knots of Our Wounds

It’s in the heart that we feel love and give love. Our hearts are also the place where we hold the pain from our wounds. Ask the Lord to untangle your heart from any wounds and replace them with His truth, love, and mercy.

Marian Apparitions from Around the World - Blessed Is She

Marian Apparitions from Around the World

While hanging on the Cross and obtaining our salvation, our gracious Lord made the effort to turn our attention toward His Mother. In addition, He instructed her to behold His...
The Thing that Happened in Between - Blessed Is She

The Thing that Happened in Between

“I was one way … and now I am completely different. And the thing that happened in between … was Him.” These are my favorite lines from Season 1 of...
The Three Responses to Sin - Blessed Is She

The Three Responses to Sin

Over a decade ago I heard Mother Angelica make the following analogy in regards to sin and holiness. This audacious Carmelite likened sin to a mud puddle into which no...