God's nature

[Monica4316]

I realize this is something we know nothing about and can’t understand with our human minds

but lately I’ve been thinking about God’s nature… God hears every person’s prayer, and is aware of everything that happens in the universe simultaneously…

but what about Christ? He is God too… and He also has a Body. How is Christ able to be present in every Eucharist, and also in Heaven, at the same time?

I was also thinking about Heaven… is Christ able to be in more than one place there as well? For example… if one person (in Heaven) is talking with Him at a given moment, is no one else able to?

I dont know if these are silly questions… I think probably it’s all very different than what I imagine… I realize that we don’t understand God’s nature and Heaven. It’s really amazing how God existed forever, and will exist forever, and doesn’t have a beginning… and how He created the world and knows everything about it… I don’t really understand God’s nature at all; I feel like I know Him but I know very little about Him.

But does the Church say anything about this? what are your opinions?

 

[ZDHayden]

I realize this is something we know nothing about and can’t understand with our human minds

but lately I’ve been thinking about God’s nature… God hears every person’s prayer, and is aware of everything that happens in the universe simultaneously…

but what about Christ? He is God too… and He also has a Body. How is Christ able to be present in every Eucharist, and also in Heaven, at the same time?

I was also thinking about Heaven… is Christ able to be in more than one place there as well? For example… if one person (in Heaven) is talking with Him at a given moment, is no one else able to?

I dont know if these are silly questions… I think probably it’s all very different than what I imagine… I realize that we don’t understand God’s nature and Heaven. It’s really amazing how God existed forever, and will exist forever, and doesn’t have a beginning… and how He created the world and knows everything about it… I don’t really understand God’s nature at all; I feel like I know Him but I know very little about Him.

But does the Church say anything about this? what are your opinions?

These are not silly questions, it is in our nature as human beings to seek to understand God.
According to your own statement, Christ is God the Son, the second person in the Trinity which, together is simply called God. As such, Jesus is eternal: no beginning, no end (See John ch1). This means that since God the Father is unmovable, Christ is immobile. This is not a limitation, rather, it is a statement of a lack of limitation: God (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) cannot move from point A to point B because He is already at point B while being at point A at the same time. God (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) is unable to learn anything – because He already knows it. Yet, because God was at one time fully Man, in the person of Christ Jesus, He also knows how to learn. Remember, God is outside time and space. Therefore, the limitations of time and space are not placed upon God as they are us. This is because God is not physical, but rather Spirit. Thus, not only is God everywhere at the same time, he is also everywhen at the same place. All of time is spread before him. The first chapter of The Confessions by St. Augustine helps explain the nature of God if you either do not have a Catechism or cannot understand its wording. While I am unaware of what the Catechism states, Tim Staples, a Catholic apologist, used this argument (not in these exact words, however) in his “Why Be Catholic” presentation, and Mr. Staples is a rather orthodox Catholic. I hope I helped in some way.

 

[fulbert4605]

We cannot understand God’s true nature in our current state. Jesus told St. Faustina to get to know Him by His actions. The immense love, humility, and compassion exhibited by Jesus when He walked the earth in human form. These attributes we should meditate on to get to know God better.