Catechism of the Catholic Church §165 — excerpt
It is then we must turn to the witnesses of faith: to Abraham, who "in hope... believed against hope"; to the Virgin Mary, who, in "her pilgrimage of faith", walked into the "night of faith" in sharing the darkness of her son's suffering and death;…
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Also cites: LG 58 · John Paul II, RMat 18
