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Spring: Spiritual Significance and Bible Verses - Blessed Is She

Spring: Spiritual Significance and Bible Verses

On a late summer day, in the Italian hillside town of Castel Gandolfo, Pope Benedict XVI was speaking of springtime.  He was encouraging the ancient practice of lectio divina, which is...
Spring Cleaning Your Soul - Blessed Is She

Spring Cleaning Your Soul

I absolutely love spring. The last of the dirty snow piles melt away, the ice thaws, the gray skies slowly shift back to sunshine. Fresh breezes flow through open windows....