The name of Jesus must not only be on our lips, but it must also be
indelibly engraven in our hearts. You have heard perhaps in the life of
that blessed Dominican, Suso, that he cut over his heart the name of
Jesus. In this name you can overcome all things. In this name you will be
rich in grace and strength, you will be victorious over all temptations
and successful in all your labors. Why should you not have the name of
Jesus in your heart? St. Paul has said: “Whosoever shall call upon the
name of the Lord, shall be saved.” You remember the exclamation of the
great Apostle, “If any man love not Our Lord Jesus Christ, let him be
anathema.” There is great peace and comfort in the name of Jesus; it is
this which enables pious people to remain faithful for long years in
dryness of the spiritual life. It is this which gives us courage to do
good actions, not for an earthly gain, but for Jesus, and the reward of
His society for all eternity. Let us never pronounce it except with
confidence, respect, love, and delight.
Prayer.
O sweet Jesus! O loving Jesus! O Jesus, Son of the Virgin Mary, full of
piety and of love! O sweet Jesus, according to Thy great mercy have mercy
on me; blot out my iniquities, and look with tenderness upon me, a
miserable sinner invoking Thy holy name, Jesus. Amen.
Sixth Day.
The Lord has commended His holy name to every Christian as a precious
jewel which he is to use to obtain mercy and grace. “That whatsoever you
shall ask of the Father in My name, He may give it you.” We all belong to
the army of the Lord, stand under His banner, and are supposed to be ever
ready to make battle in His cause. How often have not you received the
body and blood of the Lord? Think, then, what efficacy your prayers have
when you appear before God, with the sign of the blood of Jesus on your
soul; you then pray with a power to which nothing is equal, for not only
do you pray, but Christ prays in and by you. By this holy name God is
honored, as He is honored in His adorable Son. “God hath given Him a name
which is above all names.”—Phil. ii. 9. The Lord is always an intercessor
for us—it is His office of Redeemer and Saviour that has merited this
name, by His life on earth and His death on the cross. To‐day is the feast
of the Epiphany, the manifestation of the Lord Himself to the Gentiles.
Let us thank God during the day by frequent outbursts of love, for our
vocation to the faith in the person of the Magi.
Prayer.
O God! Who didst this day reveal Thy only‐begotten Son to the Gentiles by
the guidance of a star; grant in Thy mercy, that we, who already know Thee
by faith, may be brought to contemplate the beauty of Thy majesty, through
the same Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Seventh Day.
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