Tuesday, 2 January 2018

THE NAME JESUS

PRAYER PAUSE


Wednesday 3 January 2018


THE NAME JESUS


Enter into the stillness of God within.


Reading: “When the eight day came and the child was circumcised, they gave him the name Jesus.” (Luke 2:21)



Reflection. There used to be a feast of the Name of  Jesus but we do not seem to have it now. We (Jesuits) still keep it as it is the name of our society. A name is personal and traditionally described the person or something about them, even feintly negative things. I remember a mother who called her last child “No Rest” meaning she kept on having children and got no rest from child bearing! God, in the Old Testament did not reveal his name beyond saying, “I am” or “I am the one who is.” And that is a great name for God as it really describes him. But in the New Testament – as a sign of God’s dwelling among us – he took a human name, Jesus. He was not the first Jesus, or the last. In Spain children are sometimes called ‘Jesus’. But it describes him perfectly. He is the Saviour.


Prayer. Lord, we reverence your name above all names. May we always act “in your name”.. Amen.



































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