By a mystery I mean a truth which is above reason, but revealed by God.
A mystery is not something irrational or impossible. Rather, it is a truth that human reason alone could never fully discover or comprehend without Gods help. Because God is infinite and human beings are finite, there are aspects of His nature and plan that surpass our understanding. Examples include the Blessed Trinity, the Incarnation, and the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. Although these mysteries are beyond reason, they are not contrary to reason. Catholics believe them because God has revealed them and because God can neither deceive nor be deceived. Throughout history, theologians have studied these mysteries and gained deeper insights into them, but their full depth can never be exhausted. Mysteries invite believers not merely to understand God intellectually but to trust Him, worship Him, and enter more deeply into His divine life.
By natural reason man can know God with certainty on the basis of his works. But there is another order of knowledge which man cannot possibly arrive at by his own powers: the order of divine Revelation. Faith is certain because it is founded on the very word of God.
Isaiah 55:8-9
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
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