[Pyro7480]

Posted in anticipation of the Feast of the Holy Name, which according the traditional calendar of the Catholic Church, falls on 2 January this year.

[Pyro7480]

Catholic ping! (Also, tell me what you think of my new tagline.)

[thor76]

"at the name of Jesus every knee must bend......"

Period!

[Salvation]

And a day later on the current calendar:

Monday, January 3, 2005
The Holy Name of Jesus (Memorial)

[Siobhan]

Beautiful tag line.

Contemplation of the Holy Name of JESUS always leads me to my devotion to St. Joseph since God gave St. Joseph the awesome gift of naming God the Son according to the Law and St. Joseph was obedient to God in naming the Child JESUS as God had willed. So wonderful to contemplate.

Many Maronite prayers speak of St. Joseph as the Chosen One of God, and the Feast of the Holy Name underlines that St. Joseph was indeed chosen for the august responsibility of bestowing the Holy Name upon the Holy Child JESUS.

[murphE]

Great post!

"-when His Name is taken in vain, the Catholic in the room will (or at least should) make reparation by praying "Sit nomen Dómini benedíctum!" ("Blessed be the Name of the Lord!"), to which another Catholic who might be in the room replies, "Ex hoc nunc, et usque in sæculum!" ("from this time forth for evermore!") or "per ómnia saecula saeculórum" ("unto ages of ages")."

How many of you do this? This is something I would like to see become common!

[Arguss]

I think almost every Catholic Church used to have a Holy Name Society chapter in it. WhenI was a kid I always wondered what that meant, and my imagination took over. LOL

I also used to know why the society became less popular, but I forget now. I think it had to do with the changes in the Church. We have a Holy Name Society at the indult Church I attend now.

[Salvation]

http://www.ewtn.com/library/CHRIST/CEHOLYNA.TXT

The Holy Name of Jesus Christ

In this article, we shall consider the two words which
compose the Sacred Name.

JESUS

The word Jesus is the Latin form of the Greek Iesous,
which in turn is the transliteration of the Hebrew
Jeshua, or Joshua, or again Jehoshua, meaning "Jehovah
is salvation." Though the name in one form or another
occurs frequently in the Old Testament, it was not
borne by a person of prominence between the time of
Josue, the son of Nun and Josue, the high priest in the
days of Zorobabel. It was also the name of the author
of Ecclesiaticus of one of Christ's ancestors mentioned
in the genealogy, found in the Third Gospel (Luke, iii,
29), and one of the St. Paul's companions (Col., iv,
11). During the Hellenizing period, Jason, a purely
Greek analogon of Jesus, appears to have been adopted
by many ( I Mach., viii, 17; xii, 16; xiv, 22; II
Mach., i, 7; ii, 24; iv, 7 26; v, 5 10; Acts, xvii, 5
9; Rom., xvi, 21). The Greek name is connected with
verb iasthai, to heal; it is therefore, not surprising
that some of the Greek Fathers allied the word Jesus
with same root (Euseb., "Dem. Ev.", IV; cf. Acts, ix,
34; x., 38). Though about the time of Christ the name
Jesus appears to have been fairly common (Jos., "Ant.",
XV, ix, 2; XVII, xiii, 1; XX, ix, 1; "Bel. Jud.", III,
ix, 7; IV, iii, 9; VI, v, 5; "Vit.", 22) it was imposed
on our Lord by God's express order (Luke, i, 31; Matt.,
i, 21), to foreshow that the Child was destined to
"save his people from their sins." Philo ("De Mutt.
Nom.", 21) is therefore, right when he explains Iesous
as meaning soteria kyrion; Eusebius (Dem., Ev., IV, ad
fin.; P. G., XXII, 333) gives the meaning Theou
soterion; while St. Cyril of Jerusalem interprets the
word as equivalent to soter (Cat., x, 13; P.G., XXXIII,
677). This last writer, however, appears to agree with
Clement of Alexandria in considering the word Iesous as
of Greek origin (Paedag., III, xii; P. G., VIII, 677);
St. Chrysostom emphasizes again the Hebrew derivation
of the word and its meaning soter (Hom., ii, 2), thus
agreeing with the exegesis of the angel speaking to St.
Joseph (Matt., i, 21).

CHRIST

The word Christ, Christos, the Greek equivalent of the
Hebrew word Messiah, means "anointed." According to the
Old Law, priests (Ex., xxix, 29; Lev., iv, 3), kings (I
Kings, x, 1; xxiv, 7), and prophets (Is., lxi, l) were
supposed to be anointed for their respective offices;
now, the Christ, or the Messias, combined this
threefold dignity in His Person. It is not surprising,
therefore, that for centuries the Jews had referred to
their expected Deliverer as "the Anointed"; perhaps
this designation alludes to Is., lxi, 1, and Dan., ix,
24 26, or even to Ps., ii, 2; xix, 7; xliv, 8. Thus the
term Christ or Messias was a title rather than a proper
name: "Non proprium nomen est, sed nuncupatio
potestatis et regni", says Lactantius (Inst. Div., IV,
vii). The Evangelists recognize the same truth;
excepting Matt., i, 1, 18; Mark, i, 1; John, i, 17;
xvii, 3; ix, 22; mark, ix, 40; Luke, ii, 11; xxii, 2,
the word Christ is always preceded by the article. Only
after the Resurrection did the title gradually pass
into a proper name, and the expression Jesus Christ or
Christ Jesus became only one designation. But at this
stage the Greeks and Romans understood little or
nothing about the import of the word anointed; to them
it did not convey any sacred conception. Hence they
substituted Chrestus, or "excellent", for Christians or
"anointed", and Chrestians instead of "Christians."
There may be an allusion to this practice in I Pet.,
ii, 3; hoti chrestos ho kyrios, which is rendered "that
the Lord is sweet." Justin Martyr (Apol., I, 4),
Clement of Alexandria (Strom., II, iv, 18), Tertullian
(Adv. Gentes, II), and Lactantius (Int. Div., IV, vii,
5), as well as St. Jerome (In Gal., V, 22), are
acquainted with the pagan substitution of Chrestes for
Christus, and are careful to explain the new term in a
favourable sense. The pagans made little or no effort
to learn anything accurate about Christ and the
Christians; Suetonius, for instance, ascribes the
expulsion of the Jews from Rome under Claudius to the
constant instigation of sedition by Chrestus, whom he
conceives as acting in Rome the part of a leader of
insurgents.

The use of the definite article before the word Christ
and its gradual development into a proper name show the
Christians identified the bearer with the promised
Messias of the Jews. He combined in His person the
offices of prophet (John, vi, 14; Matt., xiii, 57;
Luke, xiii, 33; xxiv, 19) of king (Luke, xxiii. 2;
Acts, xvii, 7; I Cor., xv, 24; Apoc., xv, 3),and of
priest (Heb., ii, 17; etc.); he fulfilled all the
Messiannic predictions in a fuller and a higher sense
than had been given them by the teachers of the
Synagogue.

A. J. MAAS
Transribed by Joseph P. Thomas
In Memory of Archbishop Mathew Kavukatt

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I used to be a member of the Holy Name Society until it disbanded due to lack of interest.  I understand  years ago there used to be Holy Name Society Parades.

[miltonim]

Litany of the

Most Holy Name of Jesus.

 

LORD, have mercy on us

Christ, have mercy on us.

Lord, have mercy on us.

Jesus, hear us.

Jesus, graciously hear us.

God, the Father of heaven, have mercy on us.

God, the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.

God, the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us.

Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us.

Jesus, Son of the living God, have mercy on us.

Jesus, splendor of the Father, have mercy on us.

Jesus, brightness of eternal light, have mercy on us.

Jesus, king of glory, have mercy on us.

Jesus, the sun of justice, have mercy on us.

Jesus, son of the Virgin Mary, have mercy on us.

Jesus, amiable, have mercy on us.

Jesus, admirable, have mercy on us.

Jesus, the powerful God, have mercy on us.

Jesus, father of the world to come, have mercy on us.

Jesus, angel of the great council, have mercy on us.

Jesus, most powerful, have mercy on us.

Jesus, most patient, have mercy on us.

Jesus, most obedient, have mercy on us.

Jesus, meek and humble of heart, have mercy on us.

Jesus, lover of chastity, have mercy on us.

Jesus, lover of us, have mercy on us.

Jesus, God of peace, have mercy on us.

Jesus, author of life, have mercy on us.

Jesus, model of all virtues, have mercy on us.

Jesus, zealous for souls, have mercy on us.

Jesus, our God, have mercy on us.

Jesus, our refuge, have mercy on us.

Jesus, father of the poor, have mercy on us.

Jesus, treasure of the faithful, have mercy on us.

Jesus, good shepherd, have mercy on us.

Jesus, true light, have mercy on us.

Jesus, eternal wisdom, have mercy on us.

Jesus, infinite goodness, have mercy on us.

Jesus, our way and our life, have mercy on us.

Jesus, joy of angels, have mercy on us.

Jesus, king of patriarchs, have mercy on us.

Jesus, master of apostles, have mercy on us.

Jesus, teacher of the evangelists, have mercy on us.

Jesus, strength of martyrs, have mercy on us.

Jesus, light of confessors, have mercy on us.

Jesus, purity of virgins, have mercy on us.

Jesus, crown of all saints, have mercy on us.

Be merciful, Spare us, O Jesus.

Be merciful, Graciously hear us, O Jesus

From all evil, deliver us, O Jesus.

From all sin, deliver us, O Jesus.

From Thy wrath, deliver us, O Jesus.

From the snares of the devil, deliver us, O Jesus.

From the spirit of fornication, deliver us, O Jesus.

From eternal death, deliver us, O Jesus.

From a neglect of Thy inspirations, deliver us, O Jesus.

By the mystery of Thy holy Incarnation, deliver us, O Jesus.

By Thy nativity, deliver us, O Jesus.

By Thy infancy, deliver us, O Jesus.

By Thy most divine life, have mercy on us.

By Thy labors, have mercy on us.

By Thy agony and passion, have mercy on us.

By Thy cross and dereliction, have mercy on us.

By Thy languors, have mercy on us.

By Thy death and burial, have mercy on us.

By Thy resurrection, have mercy on us.

By Thy ascension, have mercy on us.

By Thy institution of the Most Holy Eucharist, deliver us, O Jesus.

By Thy joys, deliver us, O Jesus.

By Thy glory, deliver us, O Jesus.

Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, Spare us,O Jesus!

Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, Hear us, O Jesus!

Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, Have mercy on us, O Jesus!

Jesus, hear us.

Jesus, graciously hear us.

 

Let us pray.

O, LORD Jesus Christ, Who has said, 'Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you!' mercifully attend to our supplications and grant us the gift of your divine charity, that we may ever love you with our whole heart and never desist from Thy praise.

Give us, O Lord, a perpetual respect and love of Thy holy name; for you never cease to govern those whom you instruct in the solidity of Thy love. Who lives and reigns, one God, world without end. Amen.

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Praise to the Holy Word of G-d. Y'shua!

Praise to the Holy Name of Y'shua.

Praise to the Name of Y'shua which means YHvH is my salvation (Psalm 118-14).

The name that was given to him by his mother Miriam.

b'shem Y'shua !

[Salvation]

Today the Church celebrates the optional memorial of the Most Holy Name of Jesus. Before the reform of the Roman Calendar this feast was celebrated on January 2. In the liturgical revisions of Vatican II, the feast was removed, though a votive Mass to the Holy Name of Jesus had been retained for devotional use. With the release of the revised Roman Missal in March 2002, the feast was restored as an optional memorial on January 3.

The Church reveals to us the wonders of the Incarnate Word by singing the glories of His name. The name of Jesus means Savior; it had been shown in a dream to Joseph together with its meaning and to Our Lady at the annunciation by the Archangel Gabriel.

Devotion to the Holy Name is deeply rooted in the Sacred Scriptures, especially in the Acts of the Apostles. It was promoted in a special manner by St. Bernard, St. Bernardine of Siena, St. John Capistrano and by the Franciscan Order. It was extended to the whole Church in 1727 during the pontificate of Innocent XIII. The month of January has traditionally been dedicated to the Holy Name of Jesus.

[Salvation]

Story of the Holy Name of Jesus The Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus has been restored by Pope John Paul II on January 3. Here is the story of St. Bernardin and the monogram of IHS. "But, Mother, this is Our Lord's feast day!" And Lorli, aged five, looked as if she had made a big discovery. "We have to celebrate it — but how? Do you think Our Lord would like His monogram used as a table decoration?" asked Martina, who had just in that year copied beautifully the "I.H.S." in genuine gold-leaf on a deep cornflower-blue background. And so it was done. The monogram of the name of Jesus was put as centerpiece on the table, surrounded by flowers. We happened to have company on that day and somebody asked, pointing to the golden letters, "What is that?" And so we told the story: Around 1400 there lived in Italy a holy Franciscan monk by the name of Bernardin. From the name of his home town, he became famous as Bernardin of Siena, and famous he became for his great eloquence. He was the most renowned preacher of his days and he always had a great love and admiration for the Holy Name of Jesus. Soon his fame had spread all over Italy, and people came from far distances to hear Bernardin preach. All the churches were too small to accommodate the crowds. In Siena he had to use the big piazza. There was one great vice prevalent in his town at that time: card-playing. Every night the men spent all their time and money gambling, and the women did not know how to keep the fathers of the family at home and how to prevent the household money from being gambled away; so they went to St. Bernardin and asked him to do something about it. On the next Sunday, when the piazza was jammed with people as usual, Bernardin got up in his improvised pulpit and preached with so much fervor against card-playing that the people were deeply affected. At the end of his sermon he asked them to bring their packs of playing cards and put them on a pile in the middle of the piazza, and they really did so, until there was a large pyramid of playing cards. The Saint lit a candle from the vigil light of the altar and set fire to the pile. As he turned around, a man approached him, tears streaming down his cheeks. "Padre," he wailed, "and what is to become of me?" And he informed the Saint that he was the man who had manufactured the cards. "How shall I earn a living now? I'm facing starvation if no one buys my cards any more." The Saint looked startled for a moment. This had never occurred to him. He closed his eyes and sent a silent, fervent prayer to Our Lord asking for enlightenment. When he opened his eyes again, he smiled at the man and said, "Give me a board and a piece of chalk." When the man had produced both, St. Bernardin drew, in the lettering of his time, the letters "I.H.S." (from the Latin "Jesus Hominum Salvator" meaning "Jesus, Saviour of men"). "Print this instead," said the Saint, handing the board to the man. "Golden letters on a blue background, and have them ready next week." And on the next Sunday, when all the people had returned bringing friends along until there was not a square foot left on the huge piazza, the Saint gave his famous sermon on the efficacy of the Name of Jesus and how we should carry it with us, how we should place it in our rooms over our bed, in our prayer books, over the house doors, how we should carry it in the form of a medal around the neck because it is the monogram of the Name of Him Whom we should love more than anybody or anything else. The people took this advice, and the little man who had formerly sold playing cards sold from now on the famous monogram, which soon appeared cut in stone, carved in wood, modeled in clay, printed on paper, used in illuminations, and which is decorating our table today because of the feast of the Holy Name which it represents. NOTE FOR THE FAMILY: On the Sunday after New Year's Day the Church celebrates the feast of the Holy Name of Jesus. [Editor's Note: This feast is now January 3.] Activity Source: Around the Year with the Trapp Family by Maria Augusta Trapp, Pantheon Books Inc., New York, New York, 1955