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Katherine438
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I always pray to Jesus, and not to God the Father directly … being Jesus is God I haven’t felt that that was a problem … does anyone see a problem in this?
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Gertabelle
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I don’t see a problem with this, so long as you recognize the Three Persons of the Holy Trinity. I mean, if you’re praying to Jesus only because you don’t believe the Father or the Holy Spirit are Persons of the one true Godhead, then there is definitely a problem.
I notice that I address a particular Person of the Holy Trinity depending on what I’m praying.
I notice that I address a particular Person of the Holy Trinity depending on what I’m praying.
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Wesrock
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This sounds fine to me! You participate in a lot of Patri-centric prayer at a Latin Rite mass, anyway.
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AugustTherese
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Do you not pray the Lord’s Prayer taught by Jesus?
"When we pray to “our” Father, we personally address the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. By doing so we do not divide the Godhead, since the Father is its “source and origin,” but rather confess that the Son is eternally begotten by him and the Holy Spirit proceeds from him. We are not confusing the persons, for we confess that our communion is with the Father and his Son, Jesus Christ, in their one Holy Spirit. The Holy Trinity is consubstantial and indivisible. When we pray to the Father, we adore and glorify him together with the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Prayer is primarily addressed to the Father; it can also be directed toward Jesus, particularly by the invocation of his holy name: “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us sinners.”
“No one can say ‘Jesus is Lord’, except by the Holy Spirit” (1 Cor 12:3). The Church invites us to invoke the Holy Spirit as the interior Teacher of Christian prayer."
"The invocation of the holy name of Jesus is the simplest way of praying always. When the holy name is repeated often by a humbly attentive heart, the prayer is not lost by heaping up empty phrases, but holds fast to the word and “brings forth fruit with patience.” This prayer is possible “at all times” because it is not one occupation among others but the only occupation: that of loving God, which animates and transfigures every action in Christ Jesus."
"When we pray to “our” Father, we personally address the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. By doing so we do not divide the Godhead, since the Father is its “source and origin,” but rather confess that the Son is eternally begotten by him and the Holy Spirit proceeds from him. We are not confusing the persons, for we confess that our communion is with the Father and his Son, Jesus Christ, in their one Holy Spirit. The Holy Trinity is consubstantial and indivisible. When we pray to the Father, we adore and glorify him together with the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Prayer is primarily addressed to the Father; it can also be directed toward Jesus, particularly by the invocation of his holy name: “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us sinners.”
“No one can say ‘Jesus is Lord’, except by the Holy Spirit” (1 Cor 12:3). The Church invites us to invoke the Holy Spirit as the interior Teacher of Christian prayer."
"The invocation of the holy name of Jesus is the simplest way of praying always. When the holy name is repeated often by a humbly attentive heart, the prayer is not lost by heaping up empty phrases, but holds fast to the word and “brings forth fruit with patience.” This prayer is possible “at all times” because it is not one occupation among others but the only occupation: that of loving God, which animates and transfigures every action in Christ Jesus."
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Katherine438
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No, I pray to the Holy Spirit now and then, and I do say a prayer directly to God the Father occasionally … but mostly I pray to Jesus … I firmly believe in the Trinity.
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Katherine438
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Thanks, I pray the Our Father a lot.
When you pray to Jesus, you are praying to God directly.I always pray to Jesus, and not to God directly … being Jesus is God I haven’t felt that that was a problem … does anyone see a problem in this?
If there’s any problem, that would depend on why you wouldn’t pray the Father. Or the Holy Spirit.
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Katherine438
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I pray the Our Father and I do pray to the Holy Spirit … it’s just that my main prayers are always focused on Jesus.
Then that’s fine. In personal prayer you are permitted lots of latitude.I pray the Our Father and I do pray to the Holy Spirit … it’s just that my main prayers are always focused on Jesus.
It’s just that you are praying to God directly even when praying to the Son.
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AndrewAxland
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That’s how I understand it. We we pray to Jesus, we are praying directly to God, in all three persons.When you pray to Jesus, you are praying to God directly.
If the OP was the idea that Jesus, as Son of God, is somehow beneath God the Father, that would be heretical, because our creed says that Jesus is True God, and there is only one God.
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Katherine438
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I believe in the Trinity and that all 3 are God … no one is under the other.
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DebCWil
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In a discussion with a non-Catholic about Mary that ended with the expected final question, I answered that yes, as Catholics we do pray directly to God. We pray to the Father in the power of the Holy Spirit in the name of Jesus Christ.
Christ said. “Whatever you ask in my name it it will be given to you.”
Christ said. “Whatever you ask in my name it it will be given to you.”
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Roseeurekacross
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Not at all. Jesus I completely trust in you.
My personal journey led me to pray to Mary through her Rosary, then to Jesus, then to the Holy Spirit, and finally to God the Father.
My personal journey led me to pray to Mary through her Rosary, then to Jesus, then to the Holy Spirit, and finally to God the Father.
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JimR-OCDS
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Jesus told us to pray to His Father.
Pray to the Holy Trinity, if you have a problem praying to one of the three divine persons.
However, praying to one of the three is praying to the One God Indivisible.
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Pray to the Holy Trinity, if you have a problem praying to one of the three divine persons.
However, praying to one of the three is praying to the One God Indivisible.
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Reuben_J
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No problem. It depends on your preferences. Any Person of the Trinity is valid to pray to.
There are certainly lots of people praying directly to Jesus. Similarly to the Father or even the Holy Spirit.
More common to Catholic is praying to the Father through Jesus, and a more comprehensive one, and the Holy Spirit (one God forever and ever).
There are certainly lots of people praying directly to Jesus. Similarly to the Father or even the Holy Spirit.
More common to Catholic is praying to the Father through Jesus, and a more comprehensive one, and the Holy Spirit (one God forever and ever).
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