A Little Doubt

[Christy_7]

Christy_7, you are ABSOLUTELY correct! Jesus IS GOD! Don’t be surprised that you get wrong answers to your questions here. It is an internet forum.

Regarding your “doubts.” I think you might be surprised to learn that John Henry Newman once said “A thousand difficulties do not make a single doubt”

IOW, you are having difficulty understanding certain doctrines, and are looking for answers. That is GOOD! Those are not doubts.

Ohhhhhhhh thank you! I’m all confessed and new and prayerful. I’m seeking for the Holy Spirit to lead to to the answers I need. I also picked up this quote:

If God causes you to suffer much, it is a sign that He has great designs for you, and that He certainly intends to make you a saint. And if you wish to become a great saint, entreat Him yourself to give you much opportunity for suffering; for there is no wood better to kindle the fire of holy love than the wood of the cross, which Christ used for His own great sacrifice of boundless charity.
St. Ignatius of Loyola

I feel like I’m just being bombarded with everything and ‘simple doubts’ can lead someone to lose their very faith. I want God to work His will in me and I’m praying for it. Btw thanks a bunch my fellow brothers and sister

 

[PJM]

=Christy_7;11521614]Ohhhhhhhh thank you! I’m all confessed and new and prayerful. I’m seeking for the Holy Spirit to lead to to the answers I need. I also picked up this quote:

If God causes you to suffer much, it is a sign that He has great designs for you, and that He certainly intends to make you a saint. And if you wish to become a great saint, entreat Him yourself to give you much opportunity for suffering; for there is no wood better to kindle the fire of holy love than the wood of the cross, which Christ used for His own great sacrifice of boundless charity.
St. Ignatius of Loyola

I feel like I’m just being bombarded with everything and ‘simple doubts’ can lead someone to lose their very faith. I want God to work His will in me and I’m praying for it. Btw thanks a bunch my fellow brothers and sister

BE VERY CAREFUL With this teaching. Ic could be true BUT very conditionally.

“great suffering” is a subjective term

“Great suffering” Objectively from God’s perspective would be necessary AND the suffering would have to be fully accepted up w/o complaints.

God Bless you,
Patrick

 

[Contarini]

Do we Catholics believe that Jesus is a Mediator between men and God? I thought that being a mediator is someone that helps us connect to God. But how is this possible when Jesus is God. I just don’t entirely get this Mediator thingamajig. I know the Jesus is God and we pray to Him only and ask the saints to interecede for us but why does He hold the title as a Mediator between men and God. Could someone please explain… It is just annoying that all these doubts are coming during Christmas. I’m supposed to be in a happy mood people! Instead I’m being tormented by doubts

The “gap” between us and God is infinite (God is infinitely greater than we are), so a mediator can’t be someone “in the middle” between the two. There is no middle. Rather, the Mediator spans both extremes by being 100% human and 100% divine. As St. Athanasius and many of the Fathers said, God became man so that we might become divine.

Edwin

 

[Christy_7]

The “gap” between us and God is infinite (God is infinitely greater than we are), so a mediator can’t be someone “in the middle” between the two. There is no middle. Rather, the Mediator spans both extremes by being 100% human and 100% divine. As St. Athanasius and many of the Fathers said, God became man so that we might become divine.

Edwin

Thanks Edwin
I’ll try to keep that in my mind always. I tend to be very forgetful and often forget even what I believe in or important things that can help me with my faith which can be very scary at times. REAL SCARY

 

[Christy_7]

Btw does anyone know how to close a thread :s LOL.

 

[PJM]

=Christy_7;11524429]Btw does anyone know how to close a thread :s LOL.

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