7th Meditation.
"Mary
shall bring forth a son; and thou shalt call His name Jesus, for He shall save
His people from their sins."
-Saint Matthew i. 21.
Now Joseph comprehends the
high degree of honour to which union with Mary admits him. He is chosen as
father to Mary's Son, the Son of God, and the honour will be his of bestowing
on the Divine Child the admirable name of JESUS, a name which in itself designates
all that He is, and all that He will be !
No longer let us murmur at
Joseph's silence. We know but one word that issued from his lips, but by this
one word Joseph has revealed more than all the Prophets of the Old, and as much
as the Apostles and Doctors of the New Testament: for Joseph has named JESUS.
The prophets foretold what
Messias would do and say, but none declared His name; but this name in itself
reveals all that Jesus is, all that Jesus will be. The Apostles can tell us no
more than this. If they traverse the world, it is to preach the name of Jesus;
if they create astonishment by their miracles, it is because they work them in
the name of Jesus; whether they suffer, whether they die, it is for the name of
Jesus.
The Doctors speak and write
but to explain, propagate, and defend the Faith in the name of Jesus; and Saint
Bernard exclaims, as did Saint Paul, that he knows but one thing, but one
word-Jesus. All the Doctors and all the Apostles say the same.
For ourselves, let there be
fewer words, fewer ideas. One suffices. With Joseph let us seek but Jesus,
think but Jesus, speak but Jesus, serve but Jesus, act but for Jesus, and then
shall we never be separated from Jesus.
Watchword. Invoke incessantly
the Holy Name of Jesus.
7. The Three Great Names.
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