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BIS Reviews: The New Fatima Movie - Blessed Is She

BIS Reviews: The New Fatima Movie

Recently, my family and I enjoyed a movie night featuring the new release, Fatima. This movie, which can be seen in some theaters, is also available on demand. It revisits...
Making the Rosary a Daily Habit in Times of Overwhelm - Blessed Is She

Making the Rosary a Daily Habit in Times of Overwhelm

Pray the Rosary every day, in order to obtain peace for the world, and the end of the war. -Our Lady of Fatima For years, I was inspired to daily...
Honoring Mary in and around Our Homes - Blessed Is She

Honoring Mary in and around Our Homes

  When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing beside her, he said to his mother, ‘Woman, here is your son.’ Then he said to the...
How to Pray the Rosary // A Step-by-Step Guide - Blessed Is She

How to Pray the Rosary // A Step-by-Step Guide

I remember the first time I prayed an entire Rosary. I was twelve-and-a-half years old, and I had no idea what I was doing. My baby sister was just born...
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...
On the History of the Living Rosary - Blessed Is She

On the History of the Living Rosary

My relationship with praying the Rosary has been off and on for the past ten years. Returning home from Marian pilgrimage sites, for a time I would earnestly pray the...
Our Lady of Sorrows: How to Comfort the Blessed Mother - Blessed Is She

Our Lady of Sorrows: How to Comfort the Blessed Mother

There’s an age old devotion to Mary which has somewhat fallen by the wayside in recent generations. At times, I still find myself hesitant to pray to this Madonna myself....
The Feast of Our Lady of Fatima - Blessed Is She

The Feast of Our Lady of Fatima

On May 13th, 1981, Pope John Paul II was shot in Saint Peter’s square on the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima. One of the bullets missed his heart by...
The Significance of the Angelus - Blessed Is She

The Significance of the Angelus

  Ever hear bells ringing at your church in the morning, at noon, or in the evening, and wonder why? In a time before smart phones and fitness-tracking watches, the...
Our Lady and Lourdes and Her Love of Healing - Blessed Is She

Our Lady and Lourdes and Her Love of Healing

Today marks a feast day in the Church that gives much solace and hope to my heart. It is the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, which is the day...
The Feast and Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe - Blessed Is She

The Feast and Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe

A pilgrimage is more than just a trip to a place of religious interest. It is a physical journey that coincides with a spiritual journey to deeper union, surrender, and...