Discovering Her Catholic Identity

(A summary of notes from a live conference talk given by Mother Mariam in August 2025).

Mother Miriam speaks often and passionately about identity — Jewish identity, Catholic identity, family identity — and how knowing who we are before God changes everything. In her reflections, she shares how her Jewish roots led her not away from Catholicism, but directly into its fulfillment.

Catholicism and Its Jewish Roots

Mother Miriam insists that “the most Jewish a Jew could be, would be to be Catholic,” because nothing in Catholicism is divorced from its traditional Jewish roots. As a child, fasting was never a burden for her but a privilege, a natural expression of belonging to the people God formed.

Her Jewish upbringing also carried a deep reverence for God: she was not allowed to speak the name of Jesus Christ, and the idea that a man could be God was unthinkable. But as she came to believe, a man cannot become God — yet God can become man.

Those who sincerely examine the claims of the Catholic Church, she says, will be shocked to find truth in the very place they once tried to avoid.

Identity: What Catholic Families Have Lost

Mother Miriam reflects that in her childhood, “We were Jewish” was not merely a religion — it was identity. She wishes Catholic children today had such a sense of who they are.

If Catholics truly understood their identity, she says, the world would be transformed. Families desperately need this clarity: who we are before God shapes every part of life.

Faith, Grace, and the Life of the Church

Mother Miriam emphasizes that belief itself is a gift from God. The heart opens because the Lord opens it.

She describes the Mass not as going back 2,000 years, but as bringing Calvary forward to us. In the Eucharist — “like the Bridal Act” — we receive God and give ourselves to Him. To receive requires love and surrender; to give, we are still in control.

Just as a mother allows a child to “help” with a cake, our offerings to God add nothing to His greatness, yet He receives them with love.

Marriage, Submission, and Holiness

Mother Miriam speaks strongly about the order God designed for marriage. Wives are told to be subject to their husbands out of reverence for the Lord — even if the wife is holier or wiser. She clarifies this excludes sin; if a husband asks for something sinful, the wife should say, “God does not allow me to do that.”

If a husband is wrong and the wife disobeys simply because she is right, she says, then she is wrong. God leads wives through their husbands, and Christ speaks through the husband’s office.

In turn, husbands are commanded to love their wives so deeply that they lay down their lives for them. Through a wife’s submission and holiness, God can save her husband.

The Vocation of Women and Mothers

Women, Mother Miriam teaches, have the vocation to change the world precisely by refusing to imitate it.

Modesty is non-negotiable: nothing sleeveless, elbows covered, skirts mid-calf, and still covering below the knee when seated. And modesty should be lived at home, not only in church.

Mothers are the first educators of their children — from conception to birth, they are already homeschooling them. Children cannot receive their deepest formation from school; they must receive it from the life of the home.

Wives should never contradict their husbands in front of the children, she says; always speak privately. Children should witness their parents’ affection — hugging and kissing in the kitchen — so they grow in security and love.

The Responsibility of Fathers

After 5 PM, Mother Miriam says, fathers become the catechists of the home. They should ask their children about their day, what they learned, and teach them to see everything through the lens of the Catholic faith.

Living the Faith Without Compromise

Mother Miriam insists that Catholics must live their faith consistently:

• We don’t make others work on Sunday.

• We don’t dress immodestly.

• We don’t live like the world.

If Catholics blend in with the world, hope is lost. But when Catholics live their faith without compromise, hope becomes visible again.

God’s Call and Our Response

Mother Miriam’s message ends with clarity:

The Lord has chosen you. Now all that remains is to choose Heaven.

Be it done unto me according to Thy will.

Our life will soon pass; only what is done for Christ will last. And even for those who deny God, she says with a smile: “The God who doesn’t exist loves you very much.”