Did Mary ever have a lack of faith?

[BenSinner]

Did Mary lack any faith whatsoever and have doubt any doubt whatsoever about anything regarding God?

Could she have ever had a moment where she thought “Is this really God in my womb?”, or “Is my son really the Savior?”

Stuff like that.

 

[YoungApologist3]

We know that Mary never doubted because she was (is) holy. It is sinful to willingly doubt God. Even regarding doubt that was not an act of the will, I don’t think Mary would have had that doubt either, due to her immaculate conception, which caused her estimative power (the part of us that judges simple things, basically just “yes” or “no”) to be governed by her intellect—the opposite of us, since we are affected by the sin of Adam.

As mentioned earlier, Mary may have been confused or not understood, but this is not the same as doubting.

 

[Seagull]

I heard a interesting thing last month -
and that was this - Mary had the father and child - within her - at the same time.

When Joseph turned away from a pregnant Mary -
Mary had to be heart broken over that - and doubted -
Then Joseph returned to her - and her joy was complete - at that moment.

 

[JohnR77]

Thank you. And the defense for Mary’s faith being always true is seen as being even stronger when we realize that it is a mistranslation to say Mary said
“How can this be ?”
when in truth she never used the word “can.”
Mary said
“How shall this be ?”

The New American Bible translation is based on the mistranslation of King James Bible. The douay-rheims Bible gives the correct translation. See

http://www.defendingthebride.com/ma2/neweve.html#PERPETUAL

 

[Zaccheus]

One thousand difficulties (of understanding) do not equal one doubt.
Mary had difficulties but she never doubted.