The Virtue of Faith- The Conception - Bk 2 - Ch 6

The Venerable Sister Mary of Jesus describes the Blessed Virgin Mary’s faith. Not only it’s immensity, but how God assisted her with opportunities to use her faith to grow in merit. When act simply out of knowledge, our actions lack merit because we’re acting according to our senses. Actions of faith, allow us to go beyond our senses, and still act with firm resolve. The Blessed Virgin Mary said, “Faith illumines and ennobles the understanding of man, since it directs him in the darkness of his natural ignorance, not to stray from the way, and it elevates him above himself so that he sees and understands with infallible certainty what is far above his powers and assures him of it no less than if he saw it clearly before him. He is thus freed from the gross and vile narrow-mindedness of those who will believe only what they can experience by their own limited natural powers, not considering that the soul, as long as it lives in the prison of this corruptible body, is very much circumscribed and limited in its sphere of action by the knowledge drawn from the coarse activity of the senses. Appreciate this priceless treasure of the Catholic faith given thee by God, watch over it and practice it in great esteem and reverence.”