If you want to use the name of Jesus to transcend, it would be better to use his Hebrew name: 'Yeshua' Jesus is more of a 'Roman Name'...
Better to use the original name. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "johnt" <johnlasher20002000@...> wrote: > > MMY "what you put your attention on grows" > > According to both original Christian Churches the Name "Jesus" was the "Word > to be transcended on having the actual presence of the divine in what the > Name signifies. > > Meditation on the Name "Jesus" has been practiced continuously in the > Christian tradition. Eastern Orthodox Christians call this practice the > "Jesus Prayer" and use it as either a phrase or just focus on the name > "Jesus". > > In the current times this tradition has been formalized in the Catechism of > the Roman Catholic Church, Scriptures, and Eastern Orthodox teaching. > > Fr. Thomas Hopko, Dean Emeritus, St. Vladimir's Orthodox Seminary. > > "For ancient Christianity and for Eastern Orthodoxy through the ages, the > very name "Jesus, Yeshua, Joshua" is the presence and the power of the Person > of Christ himself. When you say that name, he is there. When you invoke that > name, Jesus is present. His power is present. His might is present. His > saving power is present. He is present! It's a parousia. It's a parousia > before the presence of the Lord at the end of the ages, and at the end of the > ages is when every knee in heaven and on earth will bow down before him to > the glory of God the Father." > > Catechism of the Roman Catholic Church > > CCC 2666 But the one name that contains everything is the one that the Son of > God received in his incarnation: JESUS. The divine name may not be spoken by > human lips, but by assuming our humanity The Word of God hands it over to us > and we can invoke it: "Jesus," "YHWH saves. The name "Jesus" contains all: > God and man and the whole economy of creation and salvation. To pray "Jesus" > is to invoke him and to call him within us. His name is the only one that > contains the presence it signifies. Jesus is the Risen One, and whoever > invokes the name of Jesus is welcoming the Son of God who loved him and who > gave himself up for him. >
