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Daughter of Encouragement - Blessed Is She

Daughter of Encouragement

When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to remain faithful to the Lord in firmness of heart, for he was a good...
June 11, 2022
Our Longing Is from Him - Blessed Is She

Our Longing Is from Him

I long to see your face, O Lord. // Responsorial Psalm 27:8b As I was finding my place in the confessional line the weekend before Holy Week, I was comforted...
June 10, 2022
The Power of Making Amends - Blessed Is She

The Power of Making Amends

Therefore, if you bring your gift to the altar, and there recall that your brother has anything against you, leave your gift there at the altar, go first and be...
June 09, 2022
Let Him Do the Work - Blessed Is She

Let Him Do the Work

“I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.” // Matthew 5:17 As my weary body weighed me down, I dragged my feet over to my desk. While opening up...
June 08, 2022
His Plan Is Better - Blessed Is She

His Plan Is Better

Know that the LORD does wonders for his faithful one; the LORD will hear me when I call upon him. // Psalm 4:4 The dense fog slowly cleared around the...
June 07, 2022
Our Intimate Invitation - Blessed Is She

Our Intimate Invitation

The LORD God called to him and asked him, “Where are you?” // Genesis 3:9 I often contemplate John bringing Mary into where he was staying before sunset after Jesus...
June 06, 2022
Resting Under His Fire - Blessed Is She

Resting Under His Fire

Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire . . . to rest on each one of them. // Acts 2:3 Some months before my book Jesus Approaches was...
June 05, 2022
Learning to Follow - Blessed Is She

Learning to Follow

When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, “Lord, what about him?” Jesus said to him . . . “What concern is it of yours? You follow me.” // John...
June 04, 2022
Living Out the Words - Blessed Is She

Living Out the Words

“Feed my lambs . . . Tend my sheep . . . Feed my sheep.” // John 21:15, 16, 17 I am a writer. My business is words. Words are...
June 03, 2022
Do You Also Desire Unity? - Blessed Is She

Do You Also Desire Unity?

“[T]hat all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may...
June 02, 2022
Be the One Who Gives - Blessed Is She

Be the One Who Gives

More blessed to give than to receive. // Acts 20:35 Holding expectations of people’s generosity toward me is something I did not know that I kept track of. At least...
June 01, 2022
A Lesson in Sisterhood - Blessed Is She

A Lesson in Sisterhood

Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah. // Luke 1:39 I remember the very first Blessed is She retreat. I attended...
May 31, 2022