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Our Heavenly Reward - Blessed Is She

Our Heavenly Reward

Rejoice and be glad; for your reward will be great in heaven. // Matthew 5:12  I had been so discouraged that semester by how little fruit had come from the...
June 09, 2024
Who Told You That? - Blessed Is She

Who Told You That?

Then [God] asked, "Who told you that you were naked? // Genesis 3:11 My family still talks about my standing ovation in Rodgers’ and Hammerstein’s Cinderella. I was in ninth...
June 08, 2024
Her Attentive Heart is Fixed On You - Blessed Is She

Her Attentive Heart is Fixed On You

He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them; and his mother kept all these things in her heart. // Luke 2:51 I was suddenly overwhelmed...
June 07, 2024
Make My Heart Like Unto Thine - Blessed Is She

Make My Heart Like Unto Thine

Know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. // Ephesians 3:19 On this Solemnity of the Most Sacred...
June 06, 2024
If You Want God To Laugh - Blessed Is She

If You Want God To Laugh

Abraham prostrated himself and laughed as he said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old?” // Genesis 17:17 I closed the...
June 29, 2023
Praying To Keep the Faith - Blessed Is She

Praying To Keep the Faith

I, Paul, am already being poured out like a libation,and the time of my departure is at hand.I have competed well; I have finished the race;I have kept the faith....
June 28, 2023
Fully Alive In Him - Blessed Is She

Fully Alive In Him

Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and said: “Holy Father, I pray not only for these, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, so that...
June 27, 2023
Holding Our Eyes On Him - Blessed Is She

Holding Our Eyes On Him

Enter through the narrow gate . . . How narrow the gate and constricted the road that leads to life. And those who find it are few. // Matthew 7:13-14...
June 26, 2023
Melting My Pride in His Heart - Blessed Is She

Melting My Pride in His Heart

Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own eye? // Matthew 7:3 I rushed through the living room,...
June 25, 2023
The Care of Our Heavenly Father - Blessed Is She

The Care of Our Heavenly Father

Fear no one. Nothing is concealed that will not be revealed,  nor secret that will not be known. // Matthew 10:26 We’ve all experienced fear in the last three years....
June 24, 2023
In God's Perfect Time - Blessed Is She

In God's Perfect Time

But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard.” // Luke 1:13 The pudgy little girl with pink glasses and fluffy hair...
June 23, 2023
Tiny Crosses - Blessed Is She

Tiny Crosses

For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be. // Matthew 6:21 I’ve often felt that mothers have it easy. In some ways, no . . . the...
June 22, 2023