His Name is Consolation

a post-script homily for the Feast of the Holy Name

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Today is the feast of the Holy Name of Jesus. The Pentecostals who shaped me and my faith did not celebrate this feast, but they did delight in the Name. I learned from them that the name of Jesus is holy, precious, sweet, dear, lovely, powerful. If I close my eyes, I can still hear my grandfather, Paz, praying, whispering: “Jesus, Jesus, Jesus.” I can…