The Name of God

Part I

Lord, Your Name is Most Holy 

   The Name of God is magnificent and difficult to comprehend in human terms. God is so great that no other name on earth or in Heaven compares to Him. Jesus once asked his Apostles what they thought about Jesus and who he was. Mt 16: 15-16, 15 ‘But you,’ he said, ‘who do you say I am?’  16 Then Simon Peter spoke up and said, ‘You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.'Jesus, you are our redeemer and the world's Saviour. His Holy Name was revealed to many saints, apostles, and prophets. God revealed His divine name to Moses, and God spoke personally to him. He bestowed upon Him many blessings and virtues that no other Prophet or pious person has ever known. Moses then addressed God, saying, ‘Look if I go to the Israelites and say to them, “ The God of your ancestors has sent me to you,” and they say to me, “What is his name?” what am I to tell them?’ God said to Moses ‘I am he who is.’ And he said, ‘this is what you are to say to the Israelites “I am has sent me to you.” God further said to Moses, ‘You are to tell the Israelites, “Yahweh, the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.” This is my name for all time, and thus I am to be invoked for all generations to come.’ (Exodus. 3: 13-15). God chose Moses to deliver the Israelites from the Egyptians. God picked Moses via His mercy and grace, not through Moses' own efforts. However, He made him His own friend. God talked directly to Moses and revealed His Mighty Presence to him.