Beloved and Blessed
Based on the wisdom of Scripture, especially Proverbs 31, the Beloved and Blessed podcast speaks to the desires and strengths of women in all walks of life. Host Kimberly Hahn brings her decades of experience helping women live out their call to be daughters of God. Find inspiration, hope, and strength in each episode. Subscribe to Beloved and Blessed at Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Have Your Questions Answered on the Show Sign up to ask Kimberly a question and receive updates on the podcast! You might have your question answered on the show. Email Kimberly at kimberly@belovedandblessed.com.
Episodes
Monday Apr 25, 2022
Monday Apr 25, 2022
Kimberly Hahn reflects on the Old Testament woman, Judith. Listen now to find out what we can learn from her story. Learn More Find Kimberly’s full tips for homemaking and organization in Graced and Gifted: Biblical Wisdom for the Homemaker’s Heart. If homemaking doesn’t feel like an opportunity for grace, read this blog by Emily Stimpson Chapman. Deepen devotion to the Blessed Mother as a family with Through the Year with Mary.
Monday Apr 18, 2022
Monday Apr 18, 2022
Kimberly shares biblical stories of the bible's most courageous women and what they mean for us today. Learn More Find more practical and spiritual insights in Kimberly Hahn’s Graced and Gifted: Biblical Wisdom for the Homemaker’s Heart.
Monday Apr 11, 2022
Monday Apr 11, 2022
How do we best prepare our children to discern God’s call in their lives? Kimberly shares how as parents, grandparents, or mentors, we’re called to pray and guide but never pressure. Learn More Find monthly Marian activities for children in Katherine Bogner’s Through the Year with Mary. Kimberly Hahn offers a guide to Confession in this blog. The sacraments are God’s masterworks. Read more in this blog.
Monday Apr 04, 2022
Monday Apr 04, 2022
The Scriptures abound in garden imagery, but many of us today are disconnected to the beauty of the earth. Kimberly shares tips, practical and spiritual, for gardening. She also shares her own journey to building backyard Stations of the Cross. Learn More Foster a devotion to Mary as a family with Through the Year with Mary: Ponder and Pray Together with Children. The theology of the body applies to all aspects of our lives, even our gardens. Learn more in These Beautiful Bonesby Emily Stimpson Chapman. Nature invites us to know God. Read more in this blog.
Monday Mar 28, 2022
Monday Mar 28, 2022
Jesus’ parable of the Sower and the Seed reveals more about the soil of our soul than we often realize—how do we prepare our hearts to receive the Word of God? Learn More Grow in devotion to Mary as a family with Through the Year with Mary: Ponder and Pray Together with Children. Prepare your heart by growing in trust. Make a personal retreat with Sr. Faustina Maria Pia’s Jesus I Trust in You. Can stuff make us happy? Ultimately, only God can fulfill us. Learn more in this blog.
Monday Mar 21, 2022
Monday Mar 21, 2022
God is the master vinedresser, carefully tending our hearts for an abundant harvest. Kimberly shares how to embrace suffering and trials as God’s method of pruning our souls. Learn More How should we respond to suffering? Scott Hahn addresses this problem on The Road to Emmaus podcast. We can’t handle suffering without the Mass. Read more in this blog. No matter what we face in this life, our hope is in what is yet to come. Read more in Scott Hahn’s Hope to Die.
Monday Mar 14, 2022
Monday Mar 14, 2022
The Proverbs 31 woman is a wise businesswoman, not for the sake of her own gain, but to serve her family and the Lord. Kimberly shares biblical wisdom on managing our assets. Learn More Find more practical and spiritual insights in Kimberly Hahn’s Graced and Gifted: Biblical Wisdom for the Homemaker’s Heart. Care of the earth plays an important role in the life of the Christian. Read more in this blog. Michael Naughton challenges how we view work and rest in Getting Work Right: Labor and Leisure in a Fragmented World.
Monday Mar 07, 2022
Monday Mar 07, 2022
The Scriptures are clear that true wealth is not found in money but in God’s gifts. From the very beginning, God calls us to care for the gift of creation, just as He tends to our souls. Learn More Find more tips for living out Scripture’s wisdom in our homes in Kimberly Hahn’s Graced and Gifted. Learn more about the Church’s teaching on creation in The Joyful Mystery: Field Notes Toward a Green Thomism. Benjamin Wiker connects the importance of protecting both the natural and spiritual worlds in his book In Defense of Nature: The Catholic Unity of Environmental, Economic, and Moral Ecology.
Monday Feb 28, 2022
Monday Feb 28, 2022
Learn More Return to the roots of our faith and watch free talks by Scott Hahn on Confession, the Eucharist, and the Gospel. Sign up free this Lent. Want more information on Confession? Listen to this episode of The Road to Emmaus. Confession is a sacrament of healing. Read more in this blog.
Monday Feb 21, 2022
Monday Feb 21, 2022
We must rethink the modern view of homemaking as a waste of time and talent. Kimberly looks to Mary as our model for serving the Lord in a hidden life, doing the important work of homemaking. Learn More How should we respond to the crises facing our Church? Learn more in Fr. Gerald Murray’s Calming the Storm. St. Joseph speaks no words in Scripture, but his example leads us to Jesus. Learn more in Through the Heart of St. Joseph by Fr. Boniface Hicks. Mary reveals that to serve is to reign. Read more in this blog.