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Single? Your Guide to Joyful Hope for the Holidays

Single? Your Guide to Joyful Hope for the Holidays

Love is what draws us in at Christmas time. But it is not just something in Hallmark movies. For Love Himself is the answer to every ache and question of our hearts.

Let Every Heart Prepare Him Room: Getting Ready for Christmas With Confession

Prepare Him Room: Getting Ready for Christmas With Confession

This Advent, as we get ready for Christmas, let our hearts prepare Him room with the Sacrament of Confession.

Saint Andrew Novena: A Journey of Hope

Saint Andrew Novena: A Journey of Hope

This Advent, enter into the Saint Andrew Christmas Novena with the hope that the Holy Family will take care of your intentions, even if it doesn’t look the way you expect. 

Gift-Giving: A Prayerful Approach to the Season

Gift-Giving: A Prayerful Approach to the Season

When gift-giving is rightly ordered, it’s not merely a distraction from the sacredness of Advent. It's a beautiful, even holy, expression of God’s love.

Awesome Resources for the Advent Season

Superbes ressources de l'Avent

As we prepare for Christmas, here is a treasure trove of Advent resources to nourish your soul this season.

Purposeful Presents: 2025 BIS Christmas Gift Guide

Purposeful Presents: 2025 BIS Christmas Gift Guide

Blessed Is She is happy to announce its 2025 Christmas gift guide! Get a jump start on holiday shopping and enjoy special savings, so you can enter the season of Advent with peace of mind.

In Time for Advent: An Interview With Claire Dwyer

In Time for Advent: An Interview With Claire Dwyer

Claire Dwyer, author of the Advent devotional In Time: Living in the Now and Not Yet, invites us to step into that sacred tension and discover the heart of God in the midst of it.

In Time: Living in the Now and Not Yet

This Advent: God Enters Time Just in Time

Amidst the world's noise and clamor, Advent quietly invites us to slow down and prepare for the long-promised Savior, Who comes just in time.

What Sea Turtles Teach Us About Small Groups this Advent

What Sea Turtles Teach Us About Small Groups this Advent

Advent is the perfect time to not only prepare our hearts for Jesus but also to find a small group where our faith can be supported.

Advent Devotional Invites Us to Live in the Now and Not Yet

Advent Devotional Invites Us to Live in the Now and Not Yet

This Advent, let's pray together with In Time: Living in the Now and Now Yet. This devotional centers on the space in our hearts reserved for God—a space not meant for busyness, stuff, or distractions, but simply intended to remain open for Him.

The Christmas Angels: How Their Message Uplifts Those Facing Holiday Hardship

The Christmas Angels: How Their Message Uplifts Those Facing Holiday Hardship

The appearances of the angels during the Christmas season are great evidence that no matter what we are going through, God sees us and is sending us heavenly aid.
Three Gifts from Mary, Unwrapped During Advent

Three Gifts from Mary, Unwrapped During Advent

Mary gifted me with three lessons that continue to guide me through the darkness and light, the joys and sorrows, of life. May they be a source of strength and inspiration for you, too.