Where is Jesus?

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I thought that Jesus’ glorified body was basically accomodated into the Holy Trinity in such a way that that glorified body is omnipresent. Is that wrong?

When on earth, Jesus limited himself so that His Divine nature wouldn’t “swallow” the human nature. But after being glorified it’s all molded together–thus allowing omnipotence, right?
That is not my understanding.

I came across this website, and you may find this more helpful than my response which follows after. home.earthlink.net/~mysticalrose/present.html

With Our Lord’s ascension, human nature entered into the Trinity (awesome!). That means His glorified human body and soul continue to exist; they continue to have the attributes of a glorified human nature; they remain human in nature! His human nature is not “swallowed up” by His Divine Nature and neither is it combined/mixed with His Divine Nature (bringing into existence some sort of new hybrid nature).
Omnipresence is an attribute of God’s Divine nature. Jesus’ Divinity was omnipresent before His death as well as after. His humanity was not omnipresent either before nor is it after His ascension (according to Aquinas).

In a section dealing with various types of eucharistic miracles (which is of course after Our Lord’s ascension) St. Thomas says:
First of all, because Christ’s body under its proper species can be seen only in one place, wherein it is definitively contained. Hence since it is seen in its proper species, and is adored in heaven, it is not seen under its proper species in this sacrament. (Summa Theologiae III, Q. 76, Art. 8
newadvent.org/summa/4076.htm#article8

Regarding the nature of Christ’s risen body:
Christ’s body fell by death; namely, inasmuch as the soul which was its formal perfection was separated from it. Hence, in order for it to be a true resurrection, it was necessary for the same body of Christ to be once more united with the same soul. And since the truth of the body’s nature is from its form it follows that Christ’s body after His Resurrection was a true body, and of the same nature as it was before. (Summa Theologiae III, Q. 54, Art. 1)

But Christ’s body after the Resurrection was truly made up of elements, and had tangible qualities such as the nature of a human body requires, and therefore it could naturally be handled. (Summa Theologiae III, Q. 54, Art. 2)
newadvent.org/summa/4054.htm#article2

If you would like to read some of the attributes St. Thomas ascribes to our glorified human nature, you can go here.
newadvent.org/summa/5082.htm#article1
 
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