Our understanding of these mysteries is further restricted by the fact that the Holy Spirit never enlightens our minds merely in order to satisfy our curiosity about the unsearchable mind of God, but solely that we may abandon our sins and lead an altogether new life dedicated to the honour and glory of God.  And all the knowledge necessary for that is given to us.

The bright light of the Gospel, then, does not – and is not intended to – remove the shadows of intellectual difficulties.  For example, it is revealed to us that God is wholly good and controls all things and that when he made this world he saw that everything in it was very good.  But he could not say that today, when evil goes unchecked on every side.  So the Gospel bestows on our souls the assurance and comfort of knowing that God, the supreme power behind all things, is our good and loving Father who has made us to share his eternal glory: but this very knowledge makes the continued existence of evil in the world he has made all the more difficult for our minds to understand.