[Salvation]

**Still, one ought to avoid such vain or empty uses. **

Something to consider when we are tempted to speak carelessly.

[Salvation]

Monsignor Pope Ping for his OSV column.

[GreyFriar]

And it has become a colloquial expression that even those who don’t believe in God use it. Thus a definitely empty and meaningless use. Of course their lower case god or gods may not care that its name is being taken in vein. ;)

And I have to admit that I often say it as a semi-automatic exclamation without meaning any reference to “the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.” This reminds me of expressions that hardly anyone knows the origins of, such as from various Bible verses or Shakespeare or historical events.

[glennaro]

Dennis Prager discusses the misinterpretation and misunderstanding of this commandment in his 5-minute video at Prager University:

Prager University

[stars & stripes forever]

EXODUS 20:7
You must not misuse the name of the Lord your God. The Lord will not let you go unpunished if you misuse His name.

How many are aware “OMG” is a gross misuse of GOD’S Name?

GOD is HOLY. His NAME is to be feared.

[Chuckster]

God is not His name any more than Man is my name.

[BlessedBeGod]

Reparation for Catholics:

May the most holy, most sacred, most adorable, most incomprehensible, and ineffable Name of God be ever praised, blessed, loved, adored, and glorified, in Heaven, on earth, and under the earth, by all the creatures of God, and by the Sacred Heart of our Lord Jesus Christ in the most holy Sacrament of the Altar.