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In God We Trust - Blessed Is She

In God We Trust

"Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD . . . He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does...
March 05, 2015
What Are We Asking? - Blessed Is She

What Are We Asking?

You do not know what you are asking. How many times do we do this? Fall on our knees, beg for our prayers to be answered, plead with the Almighty...
March 04, 2015
Humanity - Blessed Is She

Humanity

You have heard the phrase so many times in many different forms . . ."Talk the talk and Walk the walk" . . . "Practice what you Preach" . ....
March 03, 2015
Looking with Love - Blessed Is She

Looking with Love

  The readings today feel like a divine whack with a two-by-four from the Holy Spirit. Whack! Boom! Ouch! One of the things I have most struggled with in living...
March 02, 2015
Transfiguration in the Everyday - Blessed Is She

Transfiguration in the Everyday

Over half a century ago Richard Wilbur wrote a poem called “Plain Song for Comadre” about a woman who cleans a church. ...it is seventeen years Come tomorrow That Bruna...
March 01, 2015
Upping The Ante - Blessed Is She

Upping The Ante

There they are, old friends from college. Not really friends, we still run in the same circle, though. Insensitive during our years of infertility, un-congratulatory when we finally did have...
February 28, 2015
Because You Are a Superhero, That’s Why - Blessed Is She

Because You Are a Superhero, That’s Why

Today’s readings from Ezekiel and Matthew can be pretty well summed up by another familiar Bible verse, Luke 12:48: “To whom much has been given, much will be required.” Perhaps...
February 27, 2015
Faith in Action - Blessed Is She

Faith in Action

Act, and God will act. Saint Joan of Arc It is the year 2015. We live in the "future," a time when almost everything happens at the push of a...
February 26, 2015
What Does God Really Want from Me - Blessed Is She

What Does God Really Want from Me

‘Tis the season for Catholics everywhere to mark our heads with ash, give up chocolate, eat fried fish on Fridays, and feel generally grouchy from caffeine withdrawal. It’s the time...
February 25, 2015
Letting God's Word Fall - Blessed Is She

Letting God's Word Fall

Have you ever spoken and felt like your words fell on deaf ears? Maybe it was in the context of a request to a child: "First-name-middle-name-last-name, I asked you to...
February 24, 2015
Because You Love - Blessed Is She

Because You Love

Rules, so many rules. At first glance, you, too, will probably notice today’s readings are chock full of rules. Of laws to be adhered to. Of actions we are to...
February 23, 2015
Less is More - Blessed Is She

Less is More

How is your Lent going, so far, sisters? Do you, like me, get frustrated with yourself sometimes because you feel like you should be doing a whole lot more? Do...
February 22, 2015