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Transformed By Light with Caravaggio - Blessed Is She

Transformed By Light with Caravaggio

One of my favorite memories of Rome was when I visited the Basilica of the Chair of St. Peter in 2018. This was my fourth time there. We were delegates...
Feasting into the Christmas Season with Our New Book, "Emmanuel" - Blessed Is She

Feasting into the Christmas Season with Our New Book, "Emmanuel"

When the Christ Child has been born in our hearts in a special way this Christmas, when we have set aside our Advent devotionals, we wanted something more for you...
Awesome Advent Resources - Blessed Is She

Awesome Advent Resources

It absolutely goes without saying that, this year—in new and different ways than ever before—we are on the search for hope and for light. As we keep on slogging through...
The Heart Behind This Year's Advent Devotional (a Q+A with the Writers!) - Blessed Is She

The Heart Behind This Year's Advent Devotional (a Q+A with the Writers!)

We are thrilled to introduce the narrator and writers of our Advent reflection book for 2020: Maranatha: The Story of Our Savior. 2020 Advent Writers (on the Heart Behind This...
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...
Poco a Poco // The Spirituality of Making the Next Best Step - Blessed Is She

Poco a Poco // The Spirituality of Making the Next Best Step

Poco a poco. The spirituality of making the next best step. It's become a bit of our catch phrase. It's been the name of a CFR album, our Ascension Present's...
Prayer Hacks from One Mom to Another - Blessed Is She

Prayer Hacks from One Mom to Another

Take a deep breath. (Bear with me and give it a try!) Another: in through your nose…and out through your mouth. Stretch your neck from side to side. Relax your...
How to Add a Blessed is She App to Your Home Screen - Blessed Is She

How to Add a Blessed is She App to Your Home Screen

Do you ever find yourself wanting to get to the Blessed is She devotions, blog posts, or Q&A videos immediately? Tired of typing in the URL on your phone's internet app...
Sunday Fun for Faith-Filled Families - Blessed Is She

Sunday Fun for Faith-Filled Families

Four months into the monotony of working from home, I find myself asking the question at least once every twenty-four hours, “What day is it again?” My confusion is probably...
Back to the Future - Blessed Is She

Back to the Future

The 1985 movie Back to the Future is a cultural phenomenon. One of the best quotes is uttered by Marty: “Wait A Minute, Doc. Are you telling me you built...
Resources for Pornography Addiction - Blessed Is She

Resources for Pornography Addiction

Our culture is saturated with porn. Most of us have either suffered from addiction to porn or know someone who does (even if we aren't aware of it). Pornography is...
Brave New Step: When All Our Best Laid Plans Change - Blessed Is She

Brave New Step: When All Our Best Laid Plans Change

I had a plan. He was pretty much perfect, and I knew exactly how things would go for us. My imagination ran wild with ideas for the future which seemed...