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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
One, Tiny Light - Blessed Is She

One, Tiny Light

  “If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins.” 1 Corinthians 15:17 Our claim is not a small one. Jesus died,...
September 19, 2014
Being Changed Through Grace - Blessed Is She

Being Changed Through Grace

The way grace plays out in our lives in one of the most remarkable and mysterious things about a life of faith. For the most part, we don't see grace...
September 18, 2014
A More Excellent Way - Blessed Is She

A More Excellent Way

I've read this reading from I Corinthians a thousand times and heard it read at weddings and Masses...and I feel as if I know it like the back of my...
September 17, 2014
Behold, your mother! - Blessed Is She

Behold, your mother!

26When Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing near, he said to his mother, "Woman, behold, your son!" 27Then he said to the disciple, "Behold, your...
September 15, 2014
The Best Gift Ever - Blessed Is She

The Best Gift Ever

“For God so loved the world that He gave his only Son…” John 3:16, ESV Most of us have heard this gospel verse so many times that it’s easy to...
September 14, 2014
True Christianity Requires Choice - Blessed Is She

True Christianity Requires Choice

“You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons.” - 1 Corinthians...
September 13, 2014
The Grace and Glory - Blessed Is She

The Grace and Glory

"Grace and glory He bestows..." It’s easy to forget that there is a race to be won. We are each in the thick of it. Were we not, we wouldn't...
September 12, 2014