God's goodness is far greater than our own best efforts. For more on the topic of this podcast, see GNM’s WordByte, “How to be the Handmaid of the Lord, Like Mary” @ https://wordbytes.org/evangelization-ministry/how-to-be-handmaid-of-the-Lord/, or download it for your parish or prayer group from Catholic Digital Resources @  https://catholicdr.com/calendar/december/guadalupe-handmaid/. The text of this podcast can be found on our website at http://gnm.org/good-news-reflections/?useDrDate=2020-03-25.     Subscribe to receive the Good News Reflections delivered to your email inbox or texted to your phone @ https://gogoodnews.net