The Trinity
What is the Trinity? Well, did you realise that Jesus is God? Yes, he's the Son of God (the Father) and Jesus is also God himself. Jesus is fully God and fully Man. God is also God the Father, and God is also God the Holy Spirit. This is not like saying well, you are (for example) a son, a cousin, a friend etc but still one person. You see, God is 3 distinct persons, but he is one God. You are not separate distinct persons.Imagine instead a 3 leafed clover - the 3 leaves are totally separate yet they are one 3 leafed clover. St Patrick used this image to try to explain something which is out of our personal experience. It is important to know God is three and God is one. When you are at Mass, you receive Jesus, really and truly in the sacred host. At the words of consecration (This is my body, This is my blood...) the host, really and truly becomes the real body and blood of Jesus Christ, so Jesus, the same one we hear about and read about in the Gospels, is really and truly there, in the Church, right there, for you to touch, to hold, to consume so that he can transform you.Have you ever thought about that - when/if you receive communion, you hold God in the palm of your hand!! Can you imagine!! God, creator of heaven and earth, allows you to hold him in the palm of your hand! Wow!!
Isn't it improper to call Mary the “Mother” of God?
Qestion of the Month
May 01, 2013
Youcat 82
No. Anyone who calls Mary the Mother of God thereby professes that her Son is God. [495, 509]
As early Christianity was debating who Jesus was, the title Theotokos (“God-bearer”) became the hallmark for the orthodox interpretation of Sacred Scripture: Mary did not give birth merely to a man who then after his birth “became” God; rather, even in her womb her child is the true Son of God. This debate is not about Mary in the first place; rather, it is again the question of whether Jesus is true man and true God at the same time.
May 01, 2013
Youcat 82
No. Anyone who calls Mary the Mother of God thereby professes that her Son is God. [495, 509]
As early Christianity was debating who Jesus was, the title Theotokos (“God-bearer”) became the hallmark for the orthodox interpretation of Sacred Scripture: Mary did not give birth merely to a man who then after his birth “became” God; rather, even in her womb her child is the true Son of God. This debate is not about Mary in the first place; rather, it is again the question of whether Jesus is true man and true God at the same time.