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Priorities, Priorities - Blessed Is She

Priorities, Priorities

  "Leave the dead to bury their own dead." I don't know about you, but whenever I hear this verse I get all indignant and think, Where is your compassion,...
October 01, 2014
The Evolution of the Heart - Blessed Is She

The Evolution of the Heart

Upon reflecting on today’s readings, one theme consistently came to mind - the evolution of the heart. I believe these readings set up an interesting progression of how one can...
September 30, 2014
Entertaining Angels - Blessed Is She

Entertaining Angels

Today is the Feast of the Archangels. We tend to see pictures and representations of angels everywhere in our culture, but we don't often think about them as a real,...
September 29, 2014
Remember Your Mercies - Blessed Is She

Remember Your Mercies

The Responsorial Psalm refrain is “Remember your mercies, O Lord.” The psalmist begins by asking for guidance, and then compassion, and then concludes with praising the Lord. In many ways...
September 28, 2014
The Return to Dust - Blessed Is She

The Return to Dust

My husband and I became first time homeowners last year, and since then, we have been finding more and more minor and major issues that need to be addressed. Now...
September 27, 2014
The Timeless - Blessed Is She

The Timeless

"He has put the timeless into their hearts..." It’s easy to feel small. I mean, we are small, comparatively. We live tiny existence's in the middle of tiny minutes and...
September 26, 2014
Not Your Average Kingship - Blessed Is She

Not Your Average Kingship

"Herod said...'but who is this about whom I hear such things?'" In today’s gospel, King Herod is the poster boy for letting a narrow perspective cloud important judgment. (Not that...
September 25, 2014
Providing Only What We Need - Blessed Is She

Providing Only What We Need

  In the first reading from Proverbs, the writer calls out and requests from God a mixed bag. He says “[p]ut falsehood and lying far from me, give me neither...
September 24, 2014
Declare Your Day for Him - Blessed Is She

Declare Your Day for Him

  Jesus says “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and act on it.” As we take His words and look then at The...
September 23, 2014
The True Meaning Of Justice - Blessed Is She

The True Meaning Of Justice

Love thy neighbor as thyself. We hear these words over and over again in some form or another. As children, we are taught the golden rule. As adults, we are...
September 22, 2014
Now is the Time - Blessed Is She

Now is the Time

"Seek the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near..." Isaiah 55:6 Are we truly seeking? Are we calling upon Christ while he is near?...
September 21, 2014
Thank God for Over-Explanation - Blessed Is She

Thank God for Over-Explanation

My husband has an annoying relationship with instruction manuals: he does not need them. While I hold in awed esteem any set of directions that accompanies a new appliance or...
September 20, 2014