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To: BipolarBob
Plus the term "Mother of God" is blasphemy.

If Jesus were not God, then you would be correct.

However - He IS God. He is True God and True Man. He is the Second Person of the Holy Trinity who became a man for our sakes. This is why Christmas is such a big deal.

FR is a big place, and there are many FReepers who are not yet Christians. There's no shame in it.

I pray that Jesus the infant christ-child will touch both of our hearts during this Christmas season.

40 posted on 11/30/2020 10:00:09 AM PST by agere_contra (Please pray for Pope Benedict XVI)
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To: agere_contra

For our Lurkers

The Trinity consists of three completely separate Divine Persons. Those Persons are: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.

Although the Persons are separate, their natures are exactly the same; that is how they are one God, even though they are three Persons.

The Blessed Mother gave birth to the second Person of the Trinity, God the Son.

Jesus (God the Son) is both fully Divine and fully Human. Mary is His mother, hence she is named the Mother of God.

To avoid confusion: Mary is not the mother of all three Persons of the Holy Trinity. She is the mother of God the Son.

The nature of the Trinity is the central fact of reality, and there is a very great deal to say about it.

But for FReepers who are new to this: St. Patrick in the mid 400’s A.D. used the (three-leaved) shamrock as an analogy to help us understand the Trinity correctly.

The shamrock has three leaves: but each leaf shares the nature of the same plant.


42 posted on 11/30/2020 10:11:58 AM PST by agere_contra (Please pray for Pope Benedict XVI)
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To: agere_contra
This is why Christmas is such a big deal.

Christmas is not a big deal. It's a manmade holiday that is commercialized. Jesus and the Disciples never celebrated Christmas nor Easter.

I pray that Jesus the infant christ-child will touch both of our hearts during this Christmas season.

I pray that the grown up Jesus that died on the cross touches our hearts. Catholics cling to the infant Jesus to show the BIG Mary and emphasize her.

43 posted on 11/30/2020 10:15:45 AM PST by BipolarBob ("Mother, can I trust the government")
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