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   At that time Jesus said in reply,* “I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike.
-While teaching at a Catholic high school, the Religion Department chair ever tried to convert me. I was not even baptized. I was one of those enlightened moderns who felt good about God and Jesus, but not so much to be bothered by belief, and certainly not at the expense of "reason." So one of her arguments was that I was over-intellectualizing faith. Instead, I should approach God “like a child” (or, she might have used “childlike”).
+While teaching at a Catholic high school, the Religion Department chair tried to convert me. I was not even baptized. I was one of those enlightened moderns who felt good about God and Jesus but not so much to be bothered by belief, and certainly not at the expense of "reason." One of her arguments was that I was over-intellectualizing faith: instead, I should approach God “like a child,” you know, "childlike."
 Since my baptism about three years ago, whenever I have encountered [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/11?25 Matthew 11:25], I am reminded of that conversation, and I unsuccessfully square it with my experience with Scripture.
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 Today, a marvelous, truly wise, and truly learned Dominican priest unlocked what has been for years a troubling mystery for me.
-My conversion has been an intellectual journey. I was catechized by thoughtful priests and by the Sunday Missal, which helped me to understand – rather adult-like -- the Liturgy. I came through [[Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA)|RCIA]] intellectually. I still feel that faith without reason, i.e. childlike faith, is not a complete faith. St. Pope John Paul’s “[[Two Wings of Truth: gifts of faith and reason|two wings]]” of faith and reason have helped enormously, but until today [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/11?25 Matthew 11:25], has remained a mystery.
+== The "Two Wings": Faith and Reason ==
+My conversion was and still is an intellectual journey. I was catechized by thoughtful priests who patiently explained even the silliest of questions such as, "Why do you say "Ah-men" instead fo "Aay-men"?
+Most impactful was the
+and by the Sunday Missal, which helped me to understand – rather adult-like -- the Liturgy. I came through [[Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA)|RCIA]] intellectually. I still feel that faith without reason, i.e. childlike faith, is not a complete faith.
+St. Pope John Paul’s “[[Two Wings of Truth: gifts of faith and reason|two wings]]” of faith and reason have helped enormously, but until today [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/11?25 Matthew 11:25], has remained a mystery.
 == "the wise and the learned" ==