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The Most Holy Name of Jesus: Family Reflection Video

By: Father David Marcham on January 3rd, 2019

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The Most Holy Name of Jesus: Family Reflection Video

Why pray?

It was the angel Gabriel who told Mary her son shall be named Jesus.

Some of us are named after relatives or saints. But names can also do us favors like mentioning a name to cut in line, or citing acquaintance with an esteemed professor or politician to move up in position. Today, we reflect on Jesus’s name, which means “God saves” in Hebrew.

What is in the name of Jesus? Quite simply and profoundly: this name leads us through any door we need to pass through to find both consolation and joy in our journey to Heaven. The power in His Name will not let us down.

What does Jesus’s name mean to you? How do you live in His name?

Let us pray for the strength in Jesus to lead us this day! Amen.

About Father David Marcham

Father David S. Marcham is a priest of the Archdiocese of Boston and serves as Vice Postulator and Guild Director of the Cause for Canonization of Venerable Patrick Peyton. Before entering St. John’s Seminary in Brighton, Massachusetts, he worked for eleven years as a physical therapist in Boston-area hospitals. Ordained in 2005, Father David was assigned to St. Mary Parish in Franklin, Massachusetts. His involvement in Father Peyton’s Cause began in 2007, when he assisted Father George Lucas, C.S.C., in advancing the Cause for Canonization. Appointed Vice Postulator in 2009, Father David oversees the progress of the Cause, directs the Guild, and promotes devotion to Father Peyton’s legacy of family prayer.