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One sister asked the other: What can I do about people who bother me?  


https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxgW25UMca4H7Kg7Sj2IDSqpKi5V8Gbr3N


Nancy’s vibe resonated with me.  Her response sounded like my belief.  My belief: If I am bothered by someone, they have a role to play in my salvation.   And if I act on my belief, I align with Nancy’s belief: I play a role in their salvation. 


I picked up a good quote, too, that made me smile: 


We could all be holy if it wasn't for people. 




And once I had a good laugh I straightened the quote up with Father Larry’s idea I was happy to agree with: Why yes, but loving people is what makes us holy!  #catch22 



[3/12/22 I thought to make that funny quote more serious, how about: We could all be holy if it wasn’t for the poor influence of people.]


And then I meditated on an answer I have been patiently constructing that would make sense to me as I have been in the midst of taking the pressure off myself.  


My question: What does being holy mean? 


Well, I followed today's trail I felt set upon, and I found the breadcrumb.  


https://youtu.be/zGtvXXn2O6k


It was the answer I knew all along! 


Mother Angelica had a lengthy thought of her own, and I heard my answer echoed in hers…


My answer I have been working with:  More Jesus.  My answer I am working with not knowing it was a definition of holy that would make sense to me.  


Holy is more Jesus. 


I am feeling it is not being more like Jesus in the world that is the holy part.  No.  Not so much as *the act of receiving more Jesus* is the holy part.  The becoming part. 


Not so much being like Jesus in the world because Jesus was Jesus in the world perfectly. 


There are some acts I feel are God’s glory and being Jesus in this world is something only God can do.  How humbling is the thought of our God He did that all through Mary? [4/19/22 I have been thinking of this thought occasionally after I had written it, and I heard the echo of the humbling sentiment in which I wrote it, today in a message shared by Sister Miriam James Heidland:


https://youtu.be/JYGk32Q4dMI


She asks the audience to ponder this,


“Think about the vulnerability of God.  God comes to us vulnerable.  He entrusts himself to us.  Thinking about all the ways God comes to us, He comes to us as a naked child.  So vulnerable.  So willingly giving himself to us.”  


That is a beautiful illustration of how good our God is.]


I feel when we try to reflect Jesus in this world, the power to receive more Jesus is ours.   


One way I define my power to receive more Jesus is me embracing the good *in less happy times.  That is #moreJesus-like from when I embraced the good *from less happy times.  


It is as Father Larry encouraged viewers: By loving others we become holy.  


How we love another is #betweenusandGod.  I do not think there is a right or wrong way to love another, but I do think what makes loving individual is how we love another with the intention of being honest with ourselves.  That’s what makes it right. #stayingintouchwithourselves



I like the word become in terms of holy.  We can never be Jesus, but we can become holy.  Becoming more like Jesus feels like an eternal idea.  We can never be Jesus, but we can become and become and become #andbecome…


More like Jesus.  


I read something just after spending this time with my thoughts: Jesus will ask more and more from you.  (4/22/21 By His example, we are asked. He led by example.)


How comforting it is to know the more Jesus asks, what we will receive in return will always be greater, if only we take the power to receive.  #thegiver  


[3/11/22 I was walking tonight listening to this message, and I was so excited by how the message resonated with me, I had to share it with my mom.  


https://youtu.be/Q6w0mRR85ig


I like two breadcrumbs I picked up from this message: 


*Mercy is being found first.

*Holiness is measured in response of the bride to the bridegroom.  (3/14/22 I shared this with Matt that night, and he asked, “The bridegroom?” Jesus described in terms of the bride and the bridegroom always trips me up, too.  I asked myself what is the cause of the response?  My answer: true love. Our response in receiving true love can be measured.  Measured like Sister Miriam James Heidland described the scale: “I want that, too.”)]



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