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Sisters Speak in the #BISsisterhood - Blessed Is She

Sisters Speak in the #BISsisterhood

Let's get to know each other a bit more, as sisters in Christ. Feel free to share your answers to these questions in on our Instagram post and/or your own...
Moments with the BISsisterhood - Blessed Is She

Moments with the BISsisterhood

Today we are starting off with a new way of doing some #BISsisterhood introductions -- by sharing bits about our writers so that we can all get to know each...
#BISLent // Weekly Lenten Link-Up 5 - Blessed Is She

#BISLent // Weekly Lenten Link-Up 5

Every week, we will open up a link-up for your blog posts, your instagram posts, your thoughts to share with each other as sisters. We will offer a prompt that...
Switching Out The Wineskins - Blessed Is She

Switching Out The Wineskins

People do not put new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise the skins burst, the wine spills out, and the skins are ruined. Rather, they pour new wine into fresh wineskins,...
Be Quiet. Amazing Things Will Happen. - Blessed Is She

Be Quiet. Amazing Things Will Happen.

Dutch-born theologian Henri Nouwen said that we are all called to be mystics. But, in a busy world with long to-do lists and lots of good Netflix shows to fill...
Prayers for the Single Life - Blessed Is She

Prayers for the Single Life

During college, I’ve fallen into the trap of thinking I needed to be in a relationship. I felt pitied and ashamed of being single, but after much thought and prayer,...
5 Ways to Achieve Inner Peace - Blessed Is She

5 Ways to Achieve Inner Peace

The world is busy. Long to-do lists, endless extracurricular activities, and plenty of prime-time television abound. And yet, when there’s much to do, value still abides in zipping our lips...
Sign of Love - Blessed Is She

Sign of Love

"As God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony." Colossians...
6 Steps to a Deeper Prayer Life - Blessed Is She

6 Steps to a Deeper Prayer Life

There's something to be said about the stillness of the morning, those moments before the sunrise when the whole world seems still. There's something to be said for praying during...
What Does Obedience Look Like to You? - Blessed Is She

What Does Obedience Look Like to You?

Seasons. We go through so many different seasons in our lives, don’t we? And every season teaches us something. Right now my family is in a very crazy season. Recently,...
How Do We Continue? - Blessed Is She

How Do We Continue?

This is it. We have prayed together diligently for the last 31 days. If you have ever been on retreat, you know that the question "How do I keep this...
Quiet Witness in our Homes and Communities - Blessed Is She

Quiet Witness in our Homes and Communities

Let's revisit St. Therese today -- such a powerful patron is worth a few posts! Elizabeth Foss shared this post on her blog about the Little Way in the face...