Through Christ, our lord

[Eaden]

Hello.
I’m a bit confused.
I’d like to know if, when the prophets of the Old Testament spoke to God and He answerd, if they were speaking to the Father or to the Blessed Trinity. I mean, when God answerd like: “I am the The Lord Your God, you shall… etc.” Was this the Father or the Blessed Trinity?
Also, when we generically say “Oh, God (Lord), have mercy on me, a sinner”, we mean God the Father or the Blessed Trinity?
Also, in the Mass, when se say “Through Christ”, we ask to God the Father in the name of Christ or to the Blessed Trinity in the name of Christ?

Thank you.

 

[Greenfields]

Bumping this up so that someone might answer for you.

 

[Tis_Bearself]

I’d like to know if, when the prophets of the Old Testament spoke to God and He answerd, if they were speaking to the Father or to the Blessed Trinity. I mean, when God answerd like: “I am the The Lord Your God, you shall… etc.” Was this the Father or the Blessed Trinity?

Both. The God of Abraham, to whom the OT Prophets prayed, was God the Father. But God is inseparable from the Trinity, and the Trinity existed at the time of the Old Testament (since the Trinity is God and has existed forever). So when God the Father spoke, the whole Trinity was communicating.

Also, when we generically say “Oh, God (Lord), have mercy on me, a sinner”, we mean God the Father or the Blessed Trinity?

Both. If you address a prayer to God the Father (or God the Son, or God the Holy Spirit), you are also praying to the whole Trinity, as each person of God is inseparable from the Trinity.

Also, in the Mass, when se say “Through Christ”, we ask to God the Father in the name of Christ or to the Blessed Trinity in the name of Christ?

Both. Christ is our sole mediator with God the Father, so when we say “Through Christ our Lord” we are praying to God the Father through our mediator, His Son Christ, but since God the Father is inseparable from the Trinity, then we are also praying to the whole Trinity as well.

The full phrase is “Through Christ Our Lord, in the unity of the Holy Spirit.” Bishop Barron gave a really good explanation of this where he said you are praying to God the Father, with Jesus Christ standing next to you with his arm around you, and when you pray you are in the Holy Spirit which is the love between God the Father and God the Son. So you are essentially praying to God from within the love of God, not from outside God.

 

[Todd_Easton]

I’m a bit confused.
I’d like to know if, when the prophets of the Old Testament spoke to God and He answerd, if they were speaking to the Father or to the Blessed Trinity. I mean, when God answerd like: “I am the The Lord Your God, you shall… etc.” Was this the Father or the Blessed Trinity?

Opinions vary. Some think they spoke to an angel of God and others think they spoke to the (pre-incarnate) Son of God.