Your Questions, Answered
Sometimes it feels like God chooses some and excludes others in the Old Testament. Why is this?
Prayer: 15 mins in the earthly paradise
Lord God - Your Presence embraces me.
I abide in You as a fish breathes in pure water.
In You I live, in You I move, in You I respite.
I cannot possibly flee from your presence.
"God will not judge our performance,
but how much we have loved with our handicaps."
Paul Chetcuti SJ
FROM LIFE:
"The foundation and philsophy of Jesus is the only theory that makes perfect sense. I have found flaws in every other religious theory. The consistent laws of nature prove that there is someone out there that made up the rules all along. That led me to believe in a higher being and thus led me in the curiousity to find the right one. Goodthings don't just happen, for instance, if you walk into a room and you find a bunch of delicious cookies,those cookies didn't fall from the sky. Someone put thought and effort into baking them, just like whenyou see glimpse of goodness in this world, that didn't come from no where-- it's from God."
Student, 21, United States
From the Bible
"God is light, and in him there is no darkness—none at all!"
1 John 1:5
DESCRIBING HIM
Therese Pace
God has a heart as big as outer space,
a hoard from where all gifts are distributed
deserved or undeserved. Kibbutz of grace.
From the Fathers of the Church
"You made us for Yourself, O Lord; and our heart is restless until it rests in you."
St. Augustine of Hippo
From the Popes
A LINK BETWEEN ATHEISTS AND CATHOLICS?..."I believe in God, not in a Catholic God, there is no Catholic God, there is God and I believe in Jesus Christ, his incarnation. Jesus is my teacher and my pastor, but God, the Father, Abba, is the light and the Creator. This is my Being. Do you think we are very far apart?"
Pope Francis to atheist newspaper editor of La Repubblica - Eugenio Scalfari, 2013
Experiencing God "with me" and yet as the "totally other"
If one is to ask various persons, if they believe in God, probably they will say 'yes'. If one is to ask, "who is God?" or "what is God?" there will probably be as many different answers as there are people! In ancient philosophy, God is described as the Unmoved mover, the all-knowing, eternal and transcendent. In Christianity, according to Scriptures, God revealed his name as YHWH: the God Who Is. From the very first book of Scriptures, God is seen creating the universe, the stars, our planet and finally the human being. So God can be called the Creator of heaven and earth. In the New Testament, we find Jesus Christ calling God as Father and revealing God to be a Triune God: Father, Son and Spirit. Hence, in Christianity, we speak of the Trinity. Throughout the centuries, God was experienced as the God with us and yet as the Totally Other.