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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:THE GIFT OF FAITH \nBy Catherine de Hueck Doherty \n◊◊◊ \nWhat is faith? Some say they have lost it. Some hunger for the first taste. \nSome are indifferent to whether they have it or not. Others fight against it\, hate \nit\, and want to destroy it in others. What is faith? A Catholic can easily answer \nfrom early catechetical instructions in childhood. Faith is a free gift from God\, \ngiven to a person at Baptism. A Catholic will say too that no one can really \nacquire faith by his own efforts. He will repeat over and over again that it is \nindeed a free gift from God. \nYes\, faith is a free\, loving gift of God to us. Faith is the cradle of love and of \nhope. But this gift given to us at Baptism can grow\, must grow\, must be \nincarnated into our lives\, must become part of us\, must become\, like breathing\, \nan utterly integral part of us. \nHow can it become all these things? By prayer. God never refuses a prayer \nfor the deepening and growth in faith. Prayer is the food that will make faith \ngrow\, strengthen it\, root it with deep and lasting roots into human hearts. Faith \ngrows by living it out. Faith is a pilgrimage toward the Absolute. Faith gives \nevery Christian sandals and a pilgrim’s staff and bids him to arise and go in \nsearch of him whom every Christian longs for – God. \nFaith appears to be blind sometimes but in reality it sees very deeply. It \nalone can walk in utter darkness. It alone can fold the wings of the intellect when \nnecessary and open them when it needs to. Chasms\, abysses\, steep mountains \npresent no problem or difficulty to faith. On the contrary\, all of life – pains\, \nsorrows\, joys symbolized by these chasms – becomes its food and its \nnourishment. Faith grows until it leaves all darkness behind and walks like a \nchild bathed in the light of God’s love. \nNo one can keep or hide faith for himself alone. It will escape and extend \nitself to others. Faith never walks alone\, but always walks with love and hope. \nFaith can be transmitted by words\, but it is best communicated by actions. Faith \ncries out to be lived\, to be incarnated\, incarnated in love. For love is a Person\, \nlove is God\, and faith is his gift to us. The hands of faith are filled with gifts for \nthose who embrace her. Gifts of peace\, love\, joy and strength. Gifts of courage \nand laughter. Faith is a child who smiles at theologians and at human wisdom. \n  \nTHE GOSPEL WITHOUT COMPROMISE \, Catherine de Hueck Doherty (Ave Maria Press IN 1976) pp. 127-128.11 invites them to come and play with God. \n 
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