#fly and it helps el gain strength in her powers to practice

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Okay yeah I’m definitely thinking about Wayne and Hopper now like there is so much ANGST just waiting to happen with them but they could truely just make eachother calm

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Have we forgotten the name of Jesus?

It's time to retrieve devotion to the Holy Name.

Are you very good at remembering names? Not me. When I taught at universities, my students thought that I was very strict because I took attendance every day. Actually, taking daily attendance was my only shot at learning the students’ names by the end of the semester. When my inability to recall names was found out (as it inevitably was), I would (half-) joke with my students: “I have nominal aphasia.” They would look at me with kind concern. Then I would explain: “That means that names fly into my right ear and then fly out of the hole at the base of my skull.” I used a bit of humor to cover my embarrassment at this weakness in my social skills.

Immediately after my mother had a stroke, she was traumatized by the discovery that, for a brief while, she could not recall her name. When she recovered and came home from treatment, she began a curious yet revealing practice. Every morning, before anyone else woke up, she would come down to the kitchen, and take out a notebook that she kept in a drawer. The she would sit down, and write the day’s date, followed by her name and address. Line after line, she would repeat her name and address, in perfect handwriting. Once she filled the page, she would close the notebook, and place it back in the drawer. She kept up this practice for years, until she died.

There is one name that we dare not forget. No—let me rephrase that. There is a name we must retrieve. That is, there is a name that is all-too-familiar, spoken of all-too-casually, with neither faith nor reverence, and that is the Holy Name of Jesus.

January 2, in the venerable calendar of the Church, is the Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus. (This feast is celebrated on January 3 in the General Roman Calendar of 1969.) Recalling when the Holy Family came to the Temple in Jerusalem to dedicate the Christ Child to God (Luke 2:21), the Mass of the venerable rite reflects the abiding faith of the Church that the very name of ‘Jesus’ (roughly translated here as “God-is-salvation”), is worthy of love, devotion, and care. There was a time when this insight was common knowledge and common practice.

The acknowledgement of the true awesomeness of the Holy Name was summarized by the Catholic Encyclopedia:

The Name of Jesus invoked with confidence

brings help in bodily needs, according to the promise of Christ: “In my name They shall take up serpents; and if they shall drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them: they shall lay their hands upon the sick, and they shall recover.” (Mark 16:17-18) In the Name of Jesus the Apostles gave strength to the lame (Acts 3:6; 9:34) and life to the dead (Acts 9:40). It gives consolation in spiritual trials. The Name of Jesus reminds the sinner of the prodigal son’s father and of the Good Samaritan; it recalls to the just the suffering and death of the innocent Lamb of God.

It protects us against Satan and his wiles, for the Devil fears the Name of Jesus, who has conquered him on the Cross.

In the Name of Jesus we obtain every blessing and grace for time and eternity, for Christ has said: “If you ask the Father anything in my name he will give it you.” (John 16:23) Therefore the Church concludes all her prayers by the words: “Through Our Lord Jesus Christ,” etc.

That the Holy Name, that is, the invocation of our savior, was both worthy of love and also blasphemed, was expressed by “The Golden Arrow Prayer,” which is said to have been revealed by Jesus to a Carmelite nun of Tours in 1843 as a reparation for blasphemy:

May the most holy, most sacred, most adorable, most mysterious and unutterable Name of God be always 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.

How different is Catholic tradition from our own time, marked by vulgarity, irreverence and worse! There was a time when Catholics knew to bow their heads upon hearing the Holy Name spoken of in public prayer, in the recitation of Sacred Scripture, and in the venerable rites of the Church. Our culture has gained nothing by losing its humility before God. Worse, the culture has become indifferent to the honor owed to our Divine Savior, whose human birth we claim to have so recently celebrated. What shall we do, starting today, to restore reverence for the Holy Name and love for Jesus in our conversations, our prayer and our worship?

Litany of the Holy Names of Jesus, All Mercy

Christ, in all your names and forms, have mercy on us, the sinners. The headlines are terrible. Everywhere you look there are natural disasters, political and social unrest, a sense of disorientation and of things spiraling out of control. Often when we pray we feel less and less certain of how to pray — the words come jumbled, or fail outright.

Interiorly, we cry out, “Lord, help! Have mercy!” The less mannerly among us might add, “We’re crying ‘Uncle’ over here!”

Which is another way of saying “Have mercy on me.” Or, “Have mercy on us, and on the whole world!”

It’s a good prayer.

Recently at Adoration, those sentiments, brought before Christ Jesus, Truly Present, poured out in a ragtag sort of litany that seemed to combine the Jesus Prayer and the words of the Divine Mercy prayer, words from both of which I used interchangeably throughout, inhaling with the Name, exhaling with the plea for mercy.

It was a calling out for mercy to the Holy Name, in all of its forms and varieties, and it was simple, but it led into a deep sense of contemplation and consolation. Perhaps it will for you, as well.

Litany of the Holy Names of Jesus, All Mercy Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, have mercy on me, the sinner. Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on us, and on the whole world. Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on us, poor sinners.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God…

Christ Jesus, Logos, have mercy on me, the sinner. Christ Jesus, Word of the Father, have mercy on us, and on the whole world. Christ Jesus, Assent Come Forth from the Creator, have mercy on us, poor sinners. Christ Christ Jesus, Without Whom There Is Nothing… (have mercy…) Christ Jesus, Light in the Darkness, Never Overcome… (John 1:1-4) (have mercy…) Christ Jesus, Incarnate of Mary… (have mercy…) Christ Jesus, Dwelling with Us… Christ Jesus, Emmanu-el; God-with-Us… Christ Jesus, Son of God, Son of Mary… Christ Jesus, New Adam… Christ Jesus, Savior of the World… Christ Jesus, Bread of Life… Christ Jesus, Laid in a Manger… Christ Jesus, Promised Redeemer… Christ Jesus, Sign and Contradiction… Christ Jesus, Teacher of Teachers… Christ Jesus, Wonderful Counselor… Christ Jesus, Image of the Invisible God… Christ Jesus, Firstborn of All Creation… Christ Jesus, Alpha and Omega… Christ Jesus, Who IS… Christ Jesus, Who WAS… Christ Jesus, Who Is to Come.. Christ Jesus, Lord of All… Christ Jesus, the Way… Christ Jesus, Before All Things… Christ Jesus, In Whom All Things Hold Together… Christ Jesus, Orienter of the World… Christ Jesus, All Creation… Christ Jesus, All Restoration… Christ Jesus, All Good��� Christ Jesus, All Truth… Christ Jesus, All Life… Christ Jesus, All Justice… Christ Jesus, All Grace… Christ Jesus, Defeater of Demons… Christ Jesus, Faithful Friend… Christ Jesus, Welcomer of Children… Christ Jesus, Consolation of Women… Christ Jesus, Model for Mankind… Christ Jesus, Head of the Body, the Church… Christ Jesus, Healer of the Meek… Christ Jesus, Calmer of Fevers… Christ Jesus, Good Shepherd… Christ Jesus, Living Wine… Christ Jesus, Receiver of All… Christ Jesus, Infinity of Compassion… Christ Jesus, Reconciler of all Things… Christ Jesus, Holy Door… Christ Jesus, Great Rabbi and High Priest… Christ Jesus, Desire of the Everlasting Hills… Christ Jesus, Font of Mercy… Christ Jesus, Lord of Light… Christ Jesus, Prompter of Prodigals… Christ Jesus, Namer of Names… Christ Jesus, Portal of Mercy… Christ Jesus, Great Challenger… Christ Jesus, Beloved Teacher… Christ Jesus, Living Water… Christ Jesus, Food of Multitudes… Christ Jesus, Deliverer of Self… Christ Jesus, Lord of the Sabbath… Christ Jesus, Son of David… Christ Jesus, Holy One of God… Christ Jesus, Strong Arm of Jacob Christ Jesus, Wealth of the Poor… Christ Jesus, Defender of the Oppressed… Christ Jesus, Purity of Purpose… Christ Jesus, Presenter of the Keys… Christ Jesus, All Beauty… Christ Jesus, All Holiness… Christ Jesus, Giver of the Holy Ghost… Christ Jesus, Crossbearer… Christ Jesus, Suffering Servant… Christ Jesus, Friend Betrayed… Christ Jesus, All Forgiveness… Christ Jesus, Bread of Angels… Christ Jesus, Divine Bridegroom… Christ Jesus, Consummation of the New Covenant… Christ Jesus, Defeater of Death… Christ Jesus, Great Revelation of All… Christ Jesus, Power of God… Christ Jesus, All Wisdom… Christ Jesus, Prince of Peace… Christ Jesus, King of Kings… Christ Jesus, Majesty of Heaven… Christ Jesus, King of Glory… Christ Jesus, Messiah, Present…

Christ Jesus, Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world, have mercy on me, the sinner.

Christ Jesus, Holy One… Christ Jesus, Mighty One… Christ Jesus, Immortal One…

Have mercy on us, and on the whole world. For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory, for ever. Amen.