A story need not be factual to be true. The Emperor’s New Clothes is a true story, as are Romeo and Juliet, The Lord of the Rings, and The Remains of the Day. They’re true, because they create an encounter with reality. But our current human reality is not absolute reality; it is not God. This reality also includes created things in a state of journeying, and it includes disorder.

In this third of three parts, I consider the reasons for the “hiddenness” of Mary in Scripture, and I address those passages that seem to downplay her importance.

If Christ has not been raised, our faith is in vain. But if Jesus – body, blood, soul, and divinity – is not with us now, then our faith is also senseless.