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A Season of Hope, A Year of Hope

A Season of Hope, a Year of Hope

As we enter into the season of hope, Advent, let us anticipate the Jubilee Year of Hope and the invitation to bear hope in this world.
The Disastrous Mysteries of the Rosary

The Disastrous Mysteries of the Rosary

On today's Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, Blessed Is She reflects on the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary.
How a Relationship with Mary Blesses Women in All Seasons of Life

How a Relationship with Mary Blesses Women in All Seasons of Life

No matter what season we find ourselves, God in His wisdom gave us Mary, who meets us where we are with the love of a mother.

Marian Summit: Join Us to Grow Closer to Mary Through Her Ten Virtues

Marian Summit: Grow Closer to Mary Through Her Ten Virtues

Join us for the Blessed is She Marian Summit, beginning this Thursday, August 15. For three days, we will hear from speakers about the ten virtues of Mary and how we can live these virtues well in our own lives.
Living Virtuously With Mary

Living Virtuously With Mary

The new Blessed Conversations study Home is all about Mary’s virtues, and they are presented in a way that makes it easy for us to put them into practice.
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How Can I Really Be Holy?

How can I be holy? Here's a hint: Holiness doesn't have to require a deep understanding of theological terms. Incredible as the intellectual giants of our Catholic tradition are, if...
Mary is a Good Mother - Blessed Is She

Mary is a Good Mother

We are so blessed to have a mother in the Blessed Virgin Mary, who offers us a shining lived example of virtue and intimacy with God. However, approaching Mary can feel intimidating, as...
The Antidote to Your Perfectionism: Mary, Your Mother - Blessed Is She

The Antidote to Your Perfectionism: Mary, Your Mother

For some of us, it is difficult to go to Mary, knowing full well that we can't live up to her. After all, she is perfect, she is sinless, she...
A Study on the Virtues of Mary - Blessed Is She

A Study on the Virtues of Mary

The start of my devotion to the Blessed Mother Several Mays of my childhood my mother set up a little prayer table with a statue of the Blessed Mother and a...
Actionable Ways to Imitate Mary - Blessed Is She

Actionable Ways to Imitate Mary

It is an easy temptation to turn inward, to procrastinate, to expect and even demand our own instant gratification. Mother Mary is the direct antithesis to our stubborn self-obsession. Gently,...
Mary and the Married Woman - Blessed Is She

Mary and the Married Woman

I have gone through seasons in my life when I struggled in my relationship with Mary. There were many times when she seemed distant or unrelatable, and I did nothing...
MYSTERY: Discovering the Depth of the Rosary - Blessed Is She

MYSTERY: Discovering the Depth of the Rosary

Perhaps the best person to teach us about the life of Christ is His mother, Mary. After all, she was there with Him from the moment of the Incarnation to...