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I think it is possible to give a fairly strong account of the grounding of the finite in infinite being through "natural philosophy" (pic related). This is quite different from revealed religion though, and it still relies on the core assumptions (which are really all the same) that:
-Contingent things do not happen for "no reason at all"
-Actuality is prior to potency
-The world is intelligible

Strong rational arguments and arguments from empirical observation can be mustered to support these, but more to the point, if the world isn't intelligible and things "just happen," philosophy is sort of useless anyhow. This can pave the way for revealed religion. Faith, at least traditionally conceived, isn't opposed to reason. It is the assent to what is revealed. In its early stages, there is assent with limited understanding, but the entire idea of illumination and gnosis, the "light of faith," is that understanding is posterior to faith, and generally the fruit of praxis (prayer, ascetic labors, the sacraments, etc.). One does not gain the light of faith by simply affirming certain propositions, but by living the spiritual life and cleansing and reorienting the passions. Praxis is central, and asceticism and the rejection of ultimately unfulfilling worldly goods is essential, since the person must be rightly oriented to be enlightened. Hence, faith is, in its mature form, the very deepest sort of knowledge in love.