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Hi friends and welcome to the Arise, Beloved blog. We have an amazing team of writers behind this blog and our desire is to speak truth into the lies that cripple us and shine light into the darkness that isolates us because we believe that now, more than ever, the Church desperately needs women to be restored so that the world can be set ablaze. Our hope is that you find comfort, solace, and peace in knowing that you are not alone, you are not too far gone and there is ALWAYS hope to be found. 

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To the sister with an aching heart, to the sister who is tired of waiting, You’ve heard the words said a thousand times before and I say this knowing it to be true because I’ve read them before, too. And nothing soothes it, does it?  Nothing quenches that ache within your chest that just never […]

To the Sister with an Aching Heart, To the Sister Who is Tired of Waiting

Shelby Hawks, Soul

Ok, here’s something that’s been weighing on my heart lately Do you ever find yourself doing holy or spiritual things….and yet somehow have never felt FURTHER from God? Yes? Well that’s been my spiritual life lately. I’m great at cranking out rosaries, listening to Catholic podcasts, reading awesome literature by all my favorite holy dead […]

To Be

Gabriella Gagliano, Soul, Trust

// Kathleen Merriman // When you’re the gullible friend, you start to resign yourself to a certain number of cheap scares throughout the year. One time, in my high school days, my sister and friends jumped out from behind my living room furniture, wearing cheaply printed masks of Shia LaBeouf’s face, and scared the actual, […]

The Rooms of the Heart

Kathleen Merriman, Soul

Shelby Hawks One of my absolute favorite images to pray with is the image of Jesus sitting on a throne—my throne; the throne that, by His grace, I have built for Him in the very center of my heart and mind and soul.  I’ve always understood Jesus to be the King—the King of my heart, […]

In His Rightful Place

Mind, Restoration, Shelby Hawks, Soul