A list of questions about God's love

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  1. Does God love us all equally?
  2. Do we all have potential to be loved equally by God?
  3. Does God like us so to say. I mean does he think we have a terrible smile or talk weird or what not.
  4. Is there hierarchy in Heaven and if so how does it work? Can people change positions in this hierarchy so to say.
  5. Why is Mary said to be above all the angels and saints?
  6. Do the people in Heaven love each other and those on Earth?
  7. Does He give us equal graces or potential for them in life? (different yes, but are they equal). Generally do we all have equal potential?
  8. A bit unrelated but can somebody explain a bit more about the mechanics of the Immaculate Conception?
Cheers for any answers 🙂
 
God created all of us and did so perfectly even though it may not seem so to us.
God also loves all of us perfectly even though it may not seem so to us.
God is part of us, dwelling in us and we are part of God brought into union in Christ.
 
  1. Yes
  2. Yes
  3. No
    4.Yes-Please refer to Choirs of Angels and
    Communion of Saints
  4. She’s Queen of Heaven and Earth.
  5. Yes
  6. Yes
  7. Too lazy to answer…
 
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  1. Yes! It is solid Catholic teaching that if you are the only one who sinned, Jesus would have died for you. And that goes with anybody and everybody.
  2. No. God is Love. Just think about that: anything that God does, it is because He is love. Therefore, the mere fact that you exist means that you were created out of love, and that you are loved.
    Also, there is no potentiality in God, He is “pure act”. And He lives in the “eternal now”: time does not matter to Him. Therefore He does not see the “potential loveliness” in you and waits until you are lovable to love you: He sees your loveliness and loves you, right here and now. His love for you never increases nor decreases, it is always full throttle love!
  3. No! When it comes to God’s love, never think of potentials. He loves you and sees your loveliness, period. Those “imperfections” that you see on yourself or others are the tools He gave us to receive His love and express our gratitude to Him.
  4. Yes, as Cruciferi said, read up on the Choirs of Angels and the Communion of Saints.
  5. This will also help to answer questions 7 and 8: The Blessed Virgin is the Queen of Heaven and Earth because she is the greatest conqueror created by God (Romans 8:37). Yes she received graces unequaled to any creature in history, but that is because she received unequaled trials in her life on Earth. She was, and still is, the Mother of God, and she has been tasked to crush the head of Satan since the creation of man (Genesis 3:15) through her humility and obedience to God. She never sinned, but her temptations and trials were great. It was said that if God had not sustained her she would have died at the foot of the Cross out of sorrow. She is not called the Virgin of Sorrows for nothing. And therefore after her life on Earth she was crowned as the Queen of Heaven and Earth for her unsurpassed humility (“for he has looked with favor on the lowliness of his servant” Luke 1:48; “Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven” Matthew 5:3) and perfect obedience to God (“Blessed are the meek: for they will inherit the earth” Matthew 5:5).
  6. Yes!
  7. As was hinted in the answer to question 5, no we do not receive equal graces in our lives, but that is because we receive unequal trails. Using your language, we receive unequal potentials in our abilities and unequal graces based on the trials we will face in our lives on Earth. If you receive great graces and abilities, it is definite God has a great mission for you and therefore great trials, too. But that can be good news too: If you have great trials in your life, then it is definite you have great potential and great graces just waiting to be tapped upon.
  8. Well here is what the Catechism proclaims about the Immaculate Conception: link. If you have any more questions you can post them 😃
 
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God loves each one of us as though the entire universe was made for us alone.

That’s a lot.
 
Q: Does God love us all equally?
A: Yes, God loves all humans equally - in fact, he even loves Charles Manson as much as Jesus Christ, he loves Satan even - Love is Gods Nature, ask yourself “can Love hate Charles Manson”? No, Love does not hate. God does hate, but he hates the evil things which his creatures foolishly do, not the creatures themselves. Love has no reason to hate.

Q: Do we all have potential to be loved equally by God?
A: Do we have the potential to be loved equally by Love? Of course we do.

Q: Does God like us so to say. I mean does he think we have a terrible smile or talk weird or what not.
A: God shows no partiality in his judgment. Quasimoto is as “likeable” as Beyonce as far as how they look.

Q: Is there hierarchy in Heaven and if so how does it work? Can people change positions in this hierarchy so to say.
A: Yes there is a hierarchy, the word hierarchy itself means “holy rulers”. The Holy Trinity, Jesus, the Father, and the Holy Spirit are at the top of the hierarchy. Next, more glorious than any created being, the Queen who has a throne to the right of the King, She who is more honorable than even cherubim and seraphim, Queen Mary, Mother of God and Ever-Virgin. Next up are the Prince Angels and Saints - so the Archangels Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, and all the seraphim and cherubim - the Chief Angels together with chief Saints Adam, Eve, Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph, Moses and Aaron, Joshua, Samson and Samuel, Ruth and Jesse, David and Solomon, Isaiah, Hezekiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Ezra, and Nehemiah, the Maccabees, and Jesus Ben Sirach, St. John the Baptist, St. Zechariah, St. Anna, Sts. Joachin and Anna,
St. Joseph, the foster-father of God, Sts. Peter, John, James, Matthew, Paul, Luke and the Evangelists, St. John the Baptist, St. Pope Clement I, and down to St. Pope John Paul the Great. As to whether souls can move around in the hierarchy - satan was once in the position Mary is in now - the greatest creature besides God Himself. But Lucifer rebelled and now hes not even in the top 10 of most powerful beings. Anyways, I think it may be possible to grow deeper in our becoming One with God when we live in Eternity.

Q: Why is Mary said to be above all the angels and saints?
A: I touched on this above, but before she was born, St. Michael was the most glorious being in Heaven. Mary became the most glorious, higher than Michael even, because she is the theotokos, the God bearer, the Mater Dei, the Mother of God. The Kings of Judah always had their mother as their Queen. So Jesus being the King of Judah and all the Universe, Mary became the Queen of Judah and all the Universe.

Q: Do the people in Heaven love each other and those on Earth?
A: Yes, absolutely. They are filled with Love inside and out, they are in the presence of Love itself.

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Q: Does He give us equal graces or potential for them in life? (different yes, but are they equal). Generally do we all have equal potential?
A: As I’ve stated, God is no respecter of persons. The poorest person is equal to the richest, the evilest is equal to the holiest, as far as the grace and potential given them. Now society itself is a respecter of persons - hence the discrepancy and the reason why we ask this question.

Q: A bit unrelated but can somebody explain a bit more about the mechanics of the Immaculate Conception?
A: The Immaculate Conception is best summed up by His Holiness Blessed Pope Pius IX’s own words in his Infallible teaching released as the Papal encyclical “Ineffabilis Deus” - God Ineffable,
On The Immaculate Conception
In December 1854 - His Holiness declares “Concerning the most Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, ancient indeed is that devotion of the faithful based on the belief that her soul, in the first instant of its creation and in the first instant of the soul’s infusion into the body, was, by a special grace and privilege of God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, her Son and the Redeemer of the human race, preserved free from all stain of original sin. And in this sense have the faithful ever solemnized and celebrated the Feast of the Conception.”

Blessed Pius IX concludes “Wherefore, in humility and fasting, we unceasingly offered our private prayers as well as the public prayers of the Church to God the Father through his Son, that he would deign to direct and strengthen our mind by the power of the Holy Spirit. In like manner did we implore the help of the entire heavenly host as we ardently invoked the Paraclete. Accordingly, by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, for the honor of the Holy and undivided Trinity, for the glory and adornment of the Virgin Mother of God, for the exaltation of the Catholic Faith, and for the furtherance of the Catholic religion, by the authority of Jesus Christ our Lord, of the Blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and by our own: “We declare, pronounce, and define that the doctrine which holds that the most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instance of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by Almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the Savior of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin, is a doctrine revealed by God and therefore to be believed firmly and constantly by all the faithful.”

I hope this helped, God bless!
 
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(Rom 9:13 ESV) As it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”

(Gen 1:31 ESV) And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day,

Compared to the good things God created.

(Gen 1:18 ESV) to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

Otherwise, why would on thing be better that another?

I think that there is degrees of love and goodness in all that God has created.

Are animals better than plants?

God chose the perfect woman to be the Mother of His Son. She is Blessed among all women, why, did God love her more? Did He give Her more grace to her than to another perfect woman, if there could be two perfect woman, which is not logical

(Jas 1:17 ESV) Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
 
I agree, that is exactly how He loves us. Just like all He ever did, died for, created, etc was for us alone.
 
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  1. Does God love us all equally?
REPLY: God loves each of us enough to Dies for each of us
But their is in Divine Justice a hierarchy of MERIT in heaven
  1. Do we all have potential to be loved equally by God?
    REPLY there is an equality of “merit” by virtue of humanity ALONE being created in God’s Image
  2. Does God like us so to say. I mean does he think we have a terrible smile or talk weird or what not.
    REPLY No, because God in Divine Justice is pragmatic; the condition of our Soul & our Charity are what is important to GOD and therefore ought to be to us
  3. Is there hierarchy in Heaven and if so how does it work? Can people change positions in this hierarchy so to say.Divine [Perfect] Justice demands such
  4. Why is Mary said to be above all the angels and saints?
    REPLY Read Luke 1: 26-35, 46-55
    With BILLIONS of other options; GOD choose MAry to be the MOTHER of His Son; THE MOTHER OF GOD
6.Do the people in Heaven love each other and those on Earth?
REPLY YES we are “family” in the Communion of saints

COMMUNION OF SAINTS. The unity and co-operation of the members of the Church on earth with those in heaven and in purgatory. They are united as being one Mystical Body of Christ. The faithful on earth are in communion with each other by professing the same faith, obeying the same authority, and assisting each other with their prayers and good works. They are in communion with the saints in heaven by honoring them as glorified members of the Church, invoking their prayers and aid, and striving to imitate their virtues. They are in communion with the souls in purgatory by helping them with their prayers and good work Fr Hardon’s Dictionary
  1. Does He give us equal graces or potential for them in life? (different yes, but are they equal). Generally do we all have equal potential?
REPLY 1st Tim 2:3-4 “This is good, and it is acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,
who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth”

REPLY God commits Himself to OFFER [which can be rejected] “sufficient grace” so that ALL CAN if they cooperate, Know God

Grace is a FREE Offer from God, but Sacramental [actual] graces depend on the dispositions of the one offering that sacrament and our disposition to receive it
  1. A bit unrelated but can somebody explain a bit more about the mechanics of the Immaculate Conception?
REPLY
SPACE is very limited so by asking so many questions; our replies MUST be brief

Mary’s Immaculate conception means that Anne, Mary’s Mother, conceived Mary who as a singular honor bestowed on Her through the merits of her yet to be born Jesus; Son of GOD.

TIME does not exist for God; everything in in the present. God did NOT have to do this; but freely choose to

GBY

PJM
 
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  1. Does He give us equal graces or potential for them in life? (different yes, but are they equal). Generally do we all have equal potential?
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The other questions have been answered very well by others, so I will only touch on the 7th question. Everyone has the same potential for holiness. We can all become perfect in holiness. At the same time, everyone will reach that perfection in a different way depending on the blessings God gave them (talents, skills, money, etc.) and their life experiences. Some people will reach perfection in holiness through service to the homeless. Other people will reach perfection in holiness through missionary work. God knows the path to holiness for each person which is why surrendering to God is so important to our ultimate happiness.
 
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