In today's feast, we honor that name which is exalted above all other names,
the name which the angel revealed to St. Joseph today that the Savior was to be given,
that is, the name of Jesus, that name which Scripture tells us before which every knee must bow
and every heart must be lifted up in adoration.
And so, we especially this day seek to honor the Lord's name
because we know if we were to judge by the standards of the world and its use of the holy name of Jesus,
then our Lord would be guilty of all that is wrong with the world.
For it seems his name at large is used only to invoke wrath
or to in some way use it as an exclamation as one is enjoying sin.
And so, there is much to be made reparation for,
for that name Jesus is not to be used except in a reverential manner.
As one theologian pointed out, all things that are holy are to be used in reverence.
And so, they are not the subject of jokes or any other things,
no matter how innocuous they may seem.
And when we're dealing with the name of our Lord,
we are truly dealing with that name which is above all other names
and that name by which all benefits come into the world.
And so, on this day, on this feast of the holy name of Jesus,
we are called to make reparation.
Indeed, the Holy Name Society was founded in order to make reparation
for the misuse, the irreverent use of the name of our dear Lord.
And so, when they heard that name misused in public,
they would make a correction, or if they deemed it wasn't prudent,
that no fruit would gain, they would offer some prayer of reparation
or some act of reparation every time they heard the name of Jesus misused.
And indeed, if we were to invoke that same practice in our own day and age,
then the whole of our day, on some occasions, would be spent in prayer of reparation
and acts of prayer.
And so, we are called to make reparation for the misuse of this most holy name.
It had many great proponents, particularly noted amongst those
who were the advocates of the holy name of Jesus were St. Bernadine of Siena
and St. John Capistran.
They would use it constantly in their homilies, and they would have a monogram made up
by which they would bless the crowds to which they spoke and to which they preached.
And so, many blessings would come to the people,
and theologians and saints have told us that essentially there are many blessings
that come from the reverent use of this name.
It brings health, it brings help to us in our bodily needs,
it gives us consolation in spiritual trials, it protects us from the wiles of Satan,
and by the most holy name, we obtain every blessing and every grace for time and eternity.
And St. Alphonsus also would add to that,
that when we commit a deliberate venial sin, the simple mention of that name
in a spirit of reparation and sorrow gains forgiveness immediately for that venial sin,
even before we bring it to confession.
And so, there are nothing but blessings that come to the world through the reverent use of our Lord's name.
And so, let us strive especially in our day and age to use that name in only a reverential manner.
And when we hear the name of our dear Lord, the Holy Redeemer,
misused by people in this world and in this day and age,
let us get in the habit of offering a prayer of reparation or an act of reparation,
or even going so far as to make a correction.
For often we note that when we make corrections of those who misuse the name of the Lord,
they indeed apologize and are humbled by such defense.
And so, often we have bad habits that come into decadent societies.
Often the context in which our Lord's name is misused is sacrilegious and blasphemous.
But often, as St. Alphonsus would also point out, that weakness is not deeply rooted.
It is merely the result of a bad habit.
And so, it is in need of correction, for most people will submit to the correction
and then strive to correct it.
And so, it is in need of correction, for most people will submit to the correction, and then strive to correct it.
And so, it is in need of correction, for most people will submit to the correction, and then strive
to correct it.
And so, it is in need of correction, for most people will submit to the correction,
and then strive to correct it.
Let us especially strive by good example of using our Lord's name only in the context
of the reverence in which it should be used, and in discussing the blessings
by the invocation of that name that come into the world,
not indeed because there is any magical power attached to the organization of the letters,
rather it is the person whom the angel revealed was to be named Jesus that is the divine person
Christ in the flesh by which all blessings come into the world and indeed our Lord told us that
if we ask the father anything in his name that is those things which are good for the soul and good
for society they will be granted to us and indeed the very reason we must not misuse the name of the
Lord is because to be to be able to use the name of the Lord and let us understand in the own
testament one of the reasons why the chosen people were forbidden to pronounce the name of God
was because to do so meant in some way you had some power over him and so when we call on the
Lord we must always be calling upon him that he bestow his blessings his mercy and his forgiveness
of sins on this world and so
even when his name is misused it is an opportunity for the members of the mystical
body by invoking his name to gain forgiveness of the sin of those who would misuse the Lord's name
at any level at any time and in any place and so truly by this name all blessings come to the world
and so let us especially this day ask our Lord's most holy mother and Saint Joseph the spouse of
of the Blessed Virgin Mary, whom this name was revealed to in a unique way, let us ask them
to acquire for us through their prayers the grace to use the name of Jesus as they used that name.
For Our Lady would have been the first to teach the shepherds the name of the child and the
reverent use of that name. She would have been the first to teach the Magi the name of that child
and the reverent use of that name. And so they would go forth from the mystery of Christmas,
using that name in order to bring blessings upon the world. And indeed, the reverential
invocation of our Lord's name is one of the most indulged practices within the mystical body of
Christ. Indeed, so powerful an indulgence that invoking the name of Jesus on our deathbed
will gain for us a plenary indulgence that is the remission of all temporal punishments
due to our sins in this life in order that we may gain union with him immediately,
approximately.
Upon our death in the life to come. And so there is only great blessings to come into the world
through the invocation of the holy name of Jesus. And so let us always strive to use that name in a
reverential manner and use it always and everywhere to draw blessings and mercy upon ourselves and
upon all souls so that we may see a society that truly understands the power in this name and
most especially,
that power by which we are forgiven our sins in the name of Jesus. Indeed, that is often why the
church ends many of her prayers within the sacred liturgy by that precise term in the name of Jesus
our Lord. And so we have much reparation to make as the Savior's name is disparaged and misused
in our present societies. Let us begin by teaching our children and all that we come on all the
those whom the Lord sends across our paths in this life to use that name in a reverential manner.
Indeed, to instruct the world who probably for the most part doesn't even know what the name of Jesus
means, as is often illustrated to us, especially amongst our youth or many who have never even heard
that name, or if they have heard the name, they use it only in an irreverential manner. And yet they
are called to receive that.
That which he came to bring, namely his mercy and his forgiveness. And so let us strive always to acquire this in this life in order that we may truly gain union with him in the life to come.
And there we will invoke that name and use that name in the highest possible manner that is possible for the human being to use it in eternal adoration of our good Lord and Savior.
Yes, Lord Jesus!
Let us pray.
O Lord Jesus heart in heaven!
Give to us a great place for life to abide, and that, for ourids, it may give us a place of prayer for life so that we may notice you all the day.
Great, a place of prayer for you to worship, blessed Lord Jesus Christ!
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