Submission To Faith

[Livin_the_MASS]

"When Mary was sure that God was indeed speaking to her through the angels mouth, she firmly believed that He would accomplish all that the angel had foretold; she believed it without trying to understand it fully.

"She did not ask for a miracle, as Ahaz did (cf. Isa 7 ); she did not doubt, as Zechariah did (cf. Lk 1); it was not at this moment of faith that she said:"How can this be?" (cf. Lk 1:34).

"How would the Child, whose Mother she was to be , effect redemption? What would be the basis of His kingdom? The angel hears no such question form her; he finds in her none of the curiosity that marks weaker souls. No: she immediately bends her mind under the yoke of faith.

"Follow her example, my soul, and humble yourself! Bow your reason before truths beyond your power to comprehend.

"Do not seek fully to understand the mysteries faith proposes to you. If you understood them fully, they would no longer be mysteries! It is enough for you to know that they are true.

"But you cannot be convinced of their truth if you mistakenly think that faith teaches them in a way that will make them acceptable to everyone.

"The mysteries, I admit, cannot be fully comprehended; but faith would cease to be meritorious if human reason could explain it.

"Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe!" (Jn 20:29). Every part of nature, from the distant stars to the tiniest flower, is a mystery to you. You admit you do not understand these natural mysteries. Do you expect then to understand the mysteries of God?

"Do you expect to see clearly the things of God when you see so imperfectly those of earth? We must not compare the weak powers of the human mind with the power and mighty works of a Being Who is infinitely beyond our understanding.

"God would no longer be God if we were able to penetrate with our minds the depths of His being.

[b]"To believe what the eye does not see and reason does not comprehend is to offer perfect homage to the supreme truth.[/b]

"My God, I want to judge things no longer by my own light but by the light of faith gives me. You ask me not only the sacrifices of the heart but also that sacrifice of the mind which faith involves.

"I hope some day to reach heaven where everything will be made clear to me. Yet even in heaven I shall never succeed in fully comprehending either Your perfections or Your works, for You will always be infinite and I will always be limited.

"I believe Lord! Strengthen my weak faith; increase my faith! (Mk 9:24).

"You cannot deny me the gift of faith, if I ask it of You as I ought, for it is the source of all Your other gifts. I ask that gift of You through the Blessed Virgin's intercession. For, because of her obedient and meritorious faith, she saw fulfilled in herself what You had foretold..

"Grant me a living, all embracing faith: a faith that is sure and makes no exceptions. To doubt is to fail to believe; to make an exception of a single article is to reject them all.

[b]"Grant me faith that is enlivened by love, for it is love that will make me live according to the truths faith teaches me.

"I do not ask You to work in me miracles which faith worked in Your saints; I do ask You for the faith that made them saints."[/b]

Thought this was good for faith, hope you like it God Bless
Jason

[willguy]

Beautimus (a word my friends and I use, it means beautiful), and something that I really need to hear right now.

[Livin_the_MASS]

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