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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...
By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 17 - Blessed Is She

By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 17

As human beings, we naturally run from suffering—because we are made for perfect goodness, truth, and beauty. We are made for union with God.
By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 16 - Blessed Is She

By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 16

Each of the Fruits of the Luminous Mysteries—The Baptism in the Jordan, The Wedding at Cana, The Proclamation the Kingdom, The Transfiguration, and The Institution of the Eucharist—give us a moment in Jesus’ public ministry to reflect on and see how the work He performed 2,000 years ago is present to us today in our own circumstances. 
By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 15 - Blessed Is She

By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 15

I didn’t exactly understand what we were doing at the chapel during Eucharistic Adoration as a pre-teen, but I knew it had to be something really special because it was so quiet and peaceful.
How to Simplify Your Morning Routine - Blessed Is She

How to Simplify Your Morning Routine

My days went from chaos to order when I made the decision to organize my time around when I would pray. All other tasks and duties revolve around my first...
By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 14 - Blessed Is She

By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 14

As a child, I thought holiness was only available to those who lived in convents or were cloistered in some remote mountain top experiencing absolute solitude praying for the rest of us poor sinners down below. That image I had about holiness changed as I grew in my faith. 
By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 13 - Blessed Is She

By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 13

What a great opportunity these past couple of months have offered us to exhibit charity, forgiveness, love of neighbor, compassion, and dying of self.
By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 12 - Blessed Is She

By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 12

During my third pregnancy I felt Mary’s fiat repeating in prayer. Her humble “yes†to everything that unfolded in her life in being the mother of Our Savior and King left me contemplating the areas of my life where I had delayed or stifled saying “yes†out of worry or doubt. 
The Heart Behind Our 2021 Lent Devotional - Blessed Is She

The Heart Behind Our 2021 Lent Devotional

This Lent, we are inviting you to offer your hearts over to the Holy Spirit to experience the transformation of His fiery love. In Set a Fire, we explore the...
By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 11 - Blessed Is She

By Their Fruits: The 2021 Prayer Pledge // Day 11

When our son was about three months old, our parish priest asked if he could play the part of Baby Jesus for the Christmas midnight Mass. I said no on the spot without any hesitation! I was a brand new mom and envisioned our son wailing and crying the whole time. I just couldn’t bear the thought of ruining someone else’s Mass experience during midnight Mass! 
Weekly Wallpaper // 258 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 258

You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased. // Mark 1:11 Love this print from Jazmin De Guzman from today's readings. Let His word dwell in us...
How Can My Wounds Speak to My Calling? - Blessed Is She

How Can My Wounds Speak to My Calling?

As I approach my college graduation, more and more conversations have begun circling around this certain topic: what am I supposed to do with my life? What is my vocation?...