Morning with Endow: What Mary Teaches Us About Faith and Reason

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When I was younger, I would receive these answers to my questions often, and I would get frustrated. I knew that there was more to Christianity than just blind faith.

As I got older, I started doing research and found the answers for which I was looking. Christianity is wonderful and can be approached through the eyes of reason, but I also learned that all of my intellectual pursuits could only take me to the edge of mysterious wonder. Eventually, I have to choose to "just have faith", in the greatness of God. 

When the angel Gabriel appears to Mary, he tells her that she will miraculously become the mother of God. Mary then asks for a reason. She says, "How can this be since I have not known man." She wants to be able to grasp this news and reason through it. The angel Gabriel responds, "With God, all things are possible." He basically tells her just to have faith. In her humility, she replies, "Let it be done to me according to your will." He invites her into the mystery of faith that God can not be explained, and she responds with the most profound "yes" of all time, becoming the mother of God and all humanity. 

As we gear up for a time in which we will celebrate the mysteries of our Christian faith, let us look to Mary as our example and always respond with a yes to faith.