Mary is attentive, meaning she does not approach every child the same way. There are hundreds of titles of Mary and countless ways she meets each of her children and attends to their unique needs.

A village of women is not only found, it is formed by those willing to be one first. Scripture tells us in Ecclesiastes 4:9–10, "Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up."

I was trying to achieve my definition of holiness by controlling our journey with Jesus to His Cross, instead of allowing Jesus to lead the way by asking me to embrace my daily mortifications.