We really, really need to reclaim the Holy Mother Mary, we really do. Thoughts??? I’m willing to proclaim myself Catholic again if only to have a bit of “claim” to this belief.
i’ve sat on this ask for a while just pondering…it’s hard for me to formulate a response that’s not extremely personal lol.
i sometimes vaguely allude to my religious turmoil here, but in a nutshell, mary is the only connection i still have to catholicism (besides aesthetics and extreme guilt). the hail mary is the only prayer i still know by heart. she always seemed to me much kinder, much more empathetic and safe, than some patriarchal god. even years after realizing i did not and could not believe in catholicism, or the abrahamic concept of god, mary is still…compelling. but then i have always been more into saints.
even just as a concept. disregarding any religious sentiment at all…imagine the overwhelming terror that would arise upon birthing a god. imagine watching that god, the god you gave life to, die right in front of you. what does it mean to be a vessel like that? would she feel empty, holy only for the sake of the holiness that passed through her? would she feel proud? jealous? frightened, trapped? what if she wanted to become a god herself? what if she never wanted this at all? what would it feel like to have a legacy that completely erased you? would she laugh knowing that she’s remembered as the quintessential holy virgin?
like lowkey the narrative possibilities are delicious.