Theologian in Training Posted November 8, 2006 Author Posted November 8, 2006 [quote name='homeschoolmom' post='1114977' date='Nov 8 2006, 09:31 AM'] Fr. Brian, How often do you have Spanish masses? I keep thinking I would go to one of those (there's a parish near here that has them), but I haven't. When my husband was in San Fransisco a few weeks ago, he was looking up mass times. The closest parish to his hotel had a sign-language mass. He went to a not as close parish. But I probably would have gone. I'm weird like that. [/quote] Every day, except Monday night and Wednesday night. I don't know why on Monday night, but Wednesday night because it is the pastor's day off. And, it is not unheard of that "English speakers" come to a Spanish Mass. Case in point, the other week with All Saints and Souls, people wanted to know when the last Mass, I told them it was a Spanish Mass and most said: "well, that works." Of course, if the pastor sees that the congregation is really mixed, with Anglos and Hispanics, he makes the Mass bilingual.
homeschoolmom Posted November 8, 2006 Posted November 8, 2006 Yeah, I always wonder about parishes that have Spanish masses and English mass if that divides the parish into two distinct "subparishes." But, what do I know? I've only been Catholic for a couple of years... so... um... yeah... cold medicine is good. I lost my train fo thought there....
Theologian in Training Posted November 8, 2006 Author Posted November 8, 2006 [quote name='homeschoolmom' post='1115025' date='Nov 8 2006, 10:53 AM'] Yeah, I always wonder about parishes that have Spanish masses and English mass if that divides the parish into two distinct "subparishes." But, what do I know? I've only been Catholic for a couple of years... so... um... yeah... cold medicine is good. I lost my train fo thought there.... [/quote] The drugs are definitely making for interesting conversations
Theologian in Training Posted November 8, 2006 Author Posted November 8, 2006 So, I am curious, is it still considered hijacking a thread when it is a thread you started?
homeschoolmom Posted November 8, 2006 Posted November 8, 2006 No, if it's a thread you start, only you know the direction you intended...
Theologian in Training Posted November 9, 2006 Author Posted November 9, 2006 [quote name='homeschoolmom' post='1115433' date='Nov 8 2006, 06:28 PM'] No, if it's a thread you start, only you know the direction you intended... [/quote] Well, when I started the thread I did not think someone doped up on cold medicine would be posting
Theologian in Training Posted November 9, 2006 Author Posted November 9, 2006 [quote name='homeschoolmom' post='1115616' date='Nov 8 2006, 09:03 PM'] Hey, I'm completely sober now... [/quote] Excuses...Excuses
Theologian in Training Posted November 14, 2006 Author Posted November 14, 2006 Wow, I am really stuck on the two questions that concern God. Was He born and does He have a Father? It is an answer that is both yes and no at the same time, because Jesus was born and became on of us, and told us about His Father. However, the Father was not born, nor was the Holy Spirit, and though Jesus was born in time, He is still also eternal. The problem is not explaining it, it is trying to explain it to 3rd graders. They seemed to understand what I meant when I explained them about trying to understand eternal realities in time, but I don't quite know how to translate this for children and adults alike. Please pray for me since this needs to be done before the end of the day. thanks
Theologian in Training Posted November 14, 2006 Author Posted November 14, 2006 (edited) My head hurts...I am going to make sure I never ask for anymore questions. I, for the life of me, cannot answer these that well, so I did the best I could.... ______________________________ I will be honest with you the next two questions that I am going to deal with are very difficult to answer, not because there is not an answer, but because the questions are about God. And though there are answers, they are limited, because when dealing with God we are dealing with what we know and what we don’t know at the same time. With that said, we turn to the first question: Was God ever born? Our initial response is no, God was never born, and we would be right. However, if we would have had said yes we would also have been right, otherwise, our celebration every December 25th (Christmas day) would not make sense. But, how is this possible? How can we say that God who is eternal was also born in time? How can someone who has always existed be born into existence, as it were? Thus, we get a glimpse at the great mystery of God Himself. For you see Jesus was born and became one of us. However, the Father was not born, nor was the Holy Spirit, and though Jesus was born He is still also, at the same time, eternal, this is why we sometimes refer to Him as the God-man. In fact, there is a fancy theological term that is used to describe this called the “hypostatic union.” What this means is that even though Jesus is fully human, fully one of us, He is also fully God at the same time. They are not mixed together, but both fully one and fully the other at the same time. In the previous questions we learned that when God spoke the earth was created, and then further on that the Word “became flesh and dwelt among us.” Jesus is this eternal Word that became flesh. So, to answer the question to whether or not God was born, the answer is, quite simply, both no and yes. ☺ Who was God's Father? God does not have a Father, because God is eternal, and there was no one before Him and there will be no one after Him, He always is and always will be. In Revelations (22:13) we hear this: “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end." Jesus, who is God did reveal His Father to us so that we could share in the same relationship that He shares with His Father. However, The Father is said to have an eternal relationship to his only Son, Jesus; which implies an exclusive and intimate familiarity that is of their very nature: "No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and any one to whom the Son chooses to reveal him." (Matthew 11:27). So, Jesus teaches us who the Father is and He knows the Father because, as we heard above, though Jesus is fully human He is also fully God. So, strictly speaking, God does not have a father, however, when speaking from the point of view of the Incarnation, Jesus the God-man does have a Father. It is certainly not something we can fully understand because it is one of those things that is truly a mystery, which tends to happen when we are talking about God. Edited November 14, 2006 by Theologian in Training
Theologian in Training Posted November 15, 2006 Author Posted November 15, 2006 Our Questions For Fr. Brian [s] 1) Why did the devil want to be stronger?[/s] [s]2) How did the devil get mean?[/s] [s]3) How did God make the earth?[/s] [s]4) Was God ever born?[/s] 5) Why did Mary have to marry Josephy to have Jesus? 6) Who built the Church? 7) Why do we have to die? [s]8) Who was God's Father?[/s] Moving right along...
Theologian in Training Posted November 15, 2006 Author Posted November 15, 2006 [quote name='homeschoolmom' post='1120739' date='Nov 15 2006, 02:01 PM'] Stick with it. It's a great idea. [/quote] Yeah, I'll just ask the adults, no more from the kids.... Speaking of kids, keep me in your prayers, I have to go talk to the kids about vocations at a "sister parish" down the road....They have a school
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