"We say 'Jesus' and we rest in plenitude and totality that can no longer be taken from us. The name Jesus then becomes a bearer of the whole Christ. It brings us into His total presence. In this total presence are found all the realities towards which the name has served as a means of approach: salvation & pardon, the Incarnation & the Transfiguration, the Church & the Eucharist, the Father & the Spirit.
All things appear to us "gathered togther in Christ" (Ep 1:10). If we cling to the name of Jesus we shall receive the special blessing that the scripture promises, "Have mercy on me as is Thy custom toward them that love Thy name" (Ps 119:132). And may the Lord be pleased to say of us what He said of Saul:
"He is a chosen vessel of Mine. to bear my name" (Acts 9:15)"
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