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When Lenten Plans Fall Apart

When Lenten Plans Fall Apart

As we mark the midway point of Lent, if this season hasn’t gone the way you hoped, consider these five ways to begin again.

In the Midst of Rainfall, Find Your Spiritual Umbrellas

In the Midst of Rainfall, Find Your Spiritual Umbrellas

What are your spiritual umbrellas—those God-given things that allow us to stand amid the storms of life without getting soaking wet?

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.

Lessons on Mercy from Les Misérables

Lessons on Mercy from Les Misérables

As we discover in Les Misérables, our ability to emulate God’s mercy toward others depends on the extent to which we see the Lord in one another.

Blessed and Broken: The Sacramentality of a Woman’s Cycle

Blessed and Broken: The Sacramentality of a Woman’s Cycle

The words “this is my Body . . . given up for you” hold relevance for every woman, in a manner written into our very bodily rhythms.

Guiding Little Hearts: The Importance of Taking Your Kids to Confession

Guiding Little Hearts: The Importance of Taking Your Kids to Confession

Blessed Is She offers a free, downloadable Examination of Conscience for Kids, which is a great way to help them prepare for the Sacrament of Confession.
Understanding the Mass as a Love Story

Understanding the Mass as a Love Story

God yearns for a personal relationship with each of us, and the Mass is a profound expression of that desire.

Why We Believe the Eucharist is Jesus

Why We Believe the Eucharist is Jesus

At the heart of our belief in the Eucharist lies a profound truth: Jesus said so. As Catholics, we believe in Jesus' true presence in the Eucharist is grounded in...
How to Live the Mass More Fully - Blessed Is She

Comment vivre la messe plus pleinement

Et si nous pouvions vivre la messe comme notre plus haute prière, peu importe les circonstances ? Le stress du travail, le drame avec les amis, les examens qui approchent...
Eucharistic Power // A Poem - Blessed Is She

Pouvoir eucharistique // Un poème

En cette année de l'Eucharistie, j'ai été constamment appelé par Notre-Seigneur à le visiter. En tant que maman de cinq petits, cela ne ressemble pas à une adoration fréquente dans...
BIS Reviews // Fr. Stu - Blessed Is She

Avis BIS // Fr. Stu

Pour toutes les causes d'inquiétude qui s'étalent sur nos écrans jour après jour, j'ai remarqué une tendance qui est encourageante. Au cours des dernières années, les sociétés de divertissement et...
I Believe // A Poem - Blessed Is She

Je crois // Un poème

Nous sommes appelés à être la lumière du Christ dans le monde et à répandre l'Evangile à tous, sans vergogne. Le Saint-Esprit nous donne le courage et la sagesse de...