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To: markomalley

So who is Jesus praying to? Catholic doctrine of the trinity says there are three persons in one God so it doesn’t make sense for Jesus to pray to God the father (they are one and the same).


4 posted on 10/28/2013 6:18:47 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Who is John Galt?)
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To: pepsi_junkie

They are one in essence, but distinct as persons. Therefore Jesus can act as our own advocate in heaven.


5 posted on 10/28/2013 7:29:25 AM PDT by Bayard
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To: pepsi_junkie
Jesus prayed to His Father frequently in His life on this earth, as documented in the Gospels.

It would be short-sighted to define "prayer" as just supplication only. To pray is to be in living contact, to give oneself as gift and to receive the other as gift, in a Communion of Love.

This is what the Persons of the Trinity do for all eternity.

6 posted on 10/28/2013 9:01:32 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (En arche en ho Logos kai ho Logos, en pros ton Theon kai Theos en ho Logos. John 1:1)
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