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8io In the promise to Abraham, and the
oath that accompanied ,~ God commits himself but
without disclosing his name. He egins to reveal it to Moses
and makes it known clearly before the yes of the whole
people when he saves them from the Egyptians:
e has triumphed gloriously.72 From the covenant of
Sinai nwards, this people is his own and it is
to be a holy [or conse rated:
the same word is used for both in Hebrewl nation,73
63 ecause the name of God dwells in it.
8ii In spite of the holy Law that again and again their Holy
God ives them You shall be holy, for I the
LORD your God am holy and although the Lord shows
patience for the sake of his name, e people turn away from
the Holy One of Israel and profane his ame among the
nations.74 For this reason the just ones of the Old 2143
ovcnant, the poor survivors returned from exile, and the
rophets burned with passion for the name.
2812 Finally, in Jesus the name of the Holy God is
revealed and ~ given to us, in the flesh, as Saviour,
revealed by what he is, by his word, and by his sacrifice.75
This is the heart of his priestly prayer:
Holy Father... for their sake I consecrate myself,
that they also may be consecrated in truth. Because he
sanctifies his own name, Jesus reveals to us the
name of the Father.77 At the end of Christs Passover,
the Father gives him the name that is above all names:
Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the
Father.~ 2813 In the
waters of Baptism, we have been washed.., sanctified.
. . justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in
the Spirit of our God.79 Our Father calls us to
holiness in the whole of our life, and since he is
the source of [our] life in ChristJesus, who became
for us wisdom from God, and. .
.sanctification,8° both his glory and our life
depend on the hallowing of his name in us and by us. Such is
the urgency of our first petition.
By whom is God hallowed, since he is the one who hallows?
But since he said, You shall be holy to me; for I the
LORD am holy, we seek and ask that we who were
sanctified in Baptism may persevere in what we have begun
to be. And we ask this daily, for we need sanctification
daily, so that we who fail daily may
cleanse away our sins by being sanctified continually... We
pray that this sanctification may remain in us. |
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