This is a light hearted post inspired by all of my favorite girls on Twitter and Tumblr and, let’s be real, pretty much all of, my own life.
1. St. Therese of Liseux
2. Recieiving roses from St. Therese of Lisieux
3. St. Therese of Liseux Saint medals
4. Crying while reading Story of a Soul
5. Audrey Assad
6. Cold Brew Coffee
7. Bible quotes in fancy script
8. Blessed is She
9. Crying during the Consecration
10. Bringing their prayer journal to Adoration
11. Cute Animals Pictures
12. The Smell of Incense
13. Watching the Sound of Music
14. Homeschooling their kids
15. Owning a 14 passenger van (or dreaming about having one in the future)
16. Mulieris Dignitatem
17. Standing up for the Unborn
18. Book selfies
19. Hoarding rosaries
20. Walls full of crosses
21. A Rosary Hanger by the front door
22. Consecrating themselves to Mary
23. Marian Consecration tattoos
24. Beautiful home altars
25. Wearing a viel to mass
26. Looking up 50’s style dresses
27. Practicing NFP
28. Telling everyone they know about NFP
29. Wearing a Brown Scapular
30. Going to visit Religious Orders (just in case)
31. Modest is hottest!
32. Wearing Cardigans
33. Carrying around a rosary in their purse
34. “Offering It Up” anytime anything is slightly inconvenient
35. Tiny Saints
36. Making their own rosaries at retreats
37. Mystic Monk Coffee
38. Stained Glass Windows
39. Taking picture of any new Church
40. Quoting Corinthians 13
41. Claddagh Rings
42. Praise and Worship
43. Blessed Pier Georgio Frassati
44. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
45. Saint Bracelets
46. Sister Act
47. Catholic Apps on their Phone
48. The Liturgy of the Hours
49. Filet O’Fish during Lent
50. Reading the Diary of St. Mary Faustina
51. Mission Trips
52. Posting pictures from the Mission Trip on Social Media
53. Notre Dame, Steubenville, and Ave Maria University
54. Thinking Father Mike Schmidt is handsome
55. Matt Maher
56. Becoming a nun if they’re not engaged by X years old
57. Keeping a baby name list full of saint names on their phone
58. Being intentional in relationships
59. Having a spiritual director
60. Watching the Passion of The Christ on Good Friday
61. Being obsessed with The Prince of Egypt
62. Lourdes Water
63. Being excited to sponsor someone through RCIA
64. Being Godparents
65. Listening to Priest podcasts
66. Theology of the Body
67. Pope St. John Paul the Great
68. Feeling called to become a Missionary
69. Feeling called to become a Youth Minister
70. Signing up for 3 am Holy Hour on purpose
71. Covecrest
72. Edith Stein
73. Dorothy Day
74. St. Teresa of Avila
75. Joan of Arc
76. Mother Teresa
77. Calculating the last possible moment you can eat before the Eucharist Fast starts
78. Developing crushes on priests, seminarians or monks (and feeling guilty about it)
79. All nuns and religious sisters
80. Getting Hymns stuck in your head
81. Jamming out to Christian Contemporary Music during parties
82. Trying to learn Latin
83. C. S.Lewis
84. Getting their animal blessed on the feast of St. Francis of Assisi
85. The feeling after Confession
86. Having “Advent” Parties instead of Christmas Parties
87. Celebrating their Saint Day and Baptismal Day
88. Going on Pilgrimages
89. Doing the Way of St. James
90. Watching Father Robert Barron’s Videos
91. Listening to Catholic Speakers on Youtube
92. Steubenville Conferences
93. Audrey Hepburn in “The Nun’s Story”
94. Highlighting favorite passages in the Bible
95. Taking Ash selfies on Ash Wednesday
96. Praying the Chaplet of Divine Mercy at 3pm
97. Aesthetically pleasing Instagram posts of Nature
98. Having Feminine Genius
99. The Blessed Virgin Mary
And Last but not least,
100. Jesus Christ
What do you guys think? Did I miss anything important? Let me know if this list accurately explains what you love!
J+M+J
Joanna Jewell 