The Holy Name and the Circumcision By Jean McCurdy Meade The Christmas lesson from Luke ends with the shepherds going back to their fields, glorifying God for all that they had heard and seen, as the angel had made known to them (2:20). But t... Read More...
God’s Name and Ours By Jon Jordan Ira Glass, host of NPR’s This American Life, shares a family story about his grandmother who became ill at the age of 32. She was hospitalized for months, and doctors told her family that she w... Read More...
The Wonderful and Strange Name of Jesus When we say the name Jesus, we are identifying someone who is incommunicably singular and inexhaustibly strange.
God’s secret name, and our names “I AM WHO I AM,” God told Moses (Exod. 3:14). God has a name. But, unlike ours, his Name perfectly expresses what and who he is. “Jeff” is an arbitrary noise, an arbitrary signature, that has no intrinsic connection to a person who by no means has to exist. “Jeff” expresses nothing.
‘What’s in a name?’: A meditation for the Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus Our minds at this year’s beginning are focused on him who will make all things new. Blessed be the name of the Lord: Jesus, “The Lord saves!”
To blaze his Name abroad "Let us blaze his Name abroad, For of gods he is the God; For his mercies ay endure, Ever faithful, ever sure."
Holy Name and a great sacrifice Our fear of blood might explain why the feast day we celebrate today is often called Holy Name rather than the Circumcision of Christ (evidently the more common name in days gone by)
