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“Be humble like Mary so you can be holy like Jesus.” -Mother Theresa


My brainstorm for this quote:

*Respond to God’s voice even in your fears.

*Be dependent on God’s will for your life. 


I liked Mother Theresa’s quote when I heard it in today’s Rosary episode, but it was too abstract for me on its own.  

So I grounded it for myself. 



I wondered:  

How did Mary humble herself so she could be holy like Jesus yet not exactly know how to be holy like Jesus because, afterall, she is Holy Mary, Mother of God in my prayers. It’s like what came first the chicken or the egg?  So I had to think like the chicken came first when logically thinking in terms of how we know what holiness is, the egg came first. 

Mary became holy because she humbled herself unto God.  She is the right example of free will, in my opinion. 

(She acted in her free will in true faith. 

I think this is the point Mother Theresa was trying to make in her quote, how beautiful Mary is.  Mary’s choices and actions in her free will was perfect.  She was “cool” before she knew how to be “cool” and she is “cool” because Jesus was “cool.” September 10, 2022) 

I thought my brainstorm was neat because it reflects how my relationship with Mary has matured.  I don’t just know her simply as the mother of God anymore, but I am learning how she was The Mother of God: (She did it all in faith God was speaking to her, ie she was obedient, and then Jesus came to teach us all, or in other words, deliver our salvation.

I have not really gotten to know Joseph as I have Mary, but I listened to one podcast, and I felt I had learned about who  Joseph is:

A Reason for Hope
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4HIe6XLp7oaSPdss1hbxpN?si=DW1KX3whS3K5kMr75DVsng yea 

September 9, 2022)

(March 20, 2023 I am still learning about St Joseph, and it makes better sense why - I heard it put today St Joseph was a man of no words, not even a few, none - because he was a man of action.  

I don’t know how the thought of my stepmother-in-law came to mind - I mean I do because she’s always in my thoughts: She had this saying she’d write at the end of her brief texts, birthday and anniversary cards, “Always in my heart.” - so she’s always there, she’s always on my mind.  But this is the odd point that came to mind I am meaning to make… I miss her Christmas gifts.  She didn’t say much.  After what she did have to share she’d say, “And stuff.”  “And stuff” is probably what I’d choose I loved most about her.  So, I got to know her through the gifts she gave us at Christmas.  I miss getting to know the facets of her personality through her gifts even though I already knew her kindness well.  She was a fierce lady but one of the most deeply kind people you’d ever meet.  She reminded me so deeply of my Grandma Sugarplum.  Isn’t it coincidental how that can happen? How someone by a consequence of choice, a chance of chance meeting, and a chance of choice can be so close in resemblance to someone you were born to belong to? My stepmother-in-law was dear.)

https://youtu.be/s8Nrg07b1W8?si=f268whEokukTz2lV

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