another hearing...

"let us proclaim the mystery of faith"

during the preparation of the Eucharist, the priest would say this line as the congregation is kneeling down. i've heard this line thousands of times before but i never really took notice of it.

when the priest says mystery... i'm like, "which one?" there's so many. or at least that's what i thought. it bothered me a little because we were proclaiming it too! a mystery is being proclaimed?! we must be crazy.

but we are crazy. crazy about living life to the fullest through the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

so yeah... we are proclaiming the mysteries of faith. i reflected a little on it. what is the mystery? there's so much to pick from, we say? not so. what do the Catholics give as a reply when the priest says this line?

"Christ has died. Christ has risen. Christ will come again."

there is good reason why we proclaim this. we want to be saved. we want eternal life. and we want to be in the presence of God's unconditional love. there is also good reason why it is a mystery. Christ was fully man, and fully God when he walked this Earth, how then can He be two beings at one time? to die and to rise again? virtually impossible, yes. but above all, the second coming, when and how will it come?

but to proclaim a mystery. it is still unsettled in me. perhaps it is because we believe in a mystery. to believe in a mystery is pretty disturbing to some people out there. but then again, perhaps that is what faith is.

faith is to belive in a mystery then? let us be reminded that these mysteries are not meant for us to solve. God never said anything in the bible, neither is it stated in the church's doctrines that a believer should come up with an answer to these mysteries. we're not required to solve them. we are, however, required to believe in them. but why believe in a mystery if it is never going to be answered or solved by anyone?

who says a believer has to? Jesus already solved it. and He will solve it again for us. He has the answers. He fulfills these mysteries.