text: Questioning one's faith and seeking to understand it, is not the same as doubting its truth and authenticity. Believing, or having faith, does not mean that we simply accept a teaching or the situations of our lives with no questions. Being a Catholic does mean assenting to all of the truths of the Catholic Church, but it does not necessarily mean the absence of struggling with belief.
  
  Faith is not mere belief. Faith is submitting our intellect and will to God, who has revealed Himself to us through Scripture and the Church. It involves our minds and our lives. It is not the absence of a struggle. The life of faith is by its very nature a battle to place our entire selves under Christ - heart, mind, body and soul. 
  
  Doubting God or one's faith is a decision. A difficulty in understanding our faith is a dilemma.