An image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. (Credit: Vatican Media.) The prayer of the Christian is personal and relational. It is not offered to some unknown being or mysterious void. When Christians pray ...

Recently, I’ve had conversations with people with a very specific question. Should we baptize new believers in the name of Jesus Christ, or in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit? The reason ...

Everyone knows the number of the beast is 666. But what’s the number of Jesus’ name? In this eye-opening episode, Jimmy Akin explains ancient gematria, calculates that Jesus’ Greek name (Iesous) adds ...

Every Jan. 3, the Church celebrates the Most Holy Name of Jesus. “This is that most holy name longed for by the patriarchs, anxiously awaited, called upon amid cries of suffering, invoked with sighs, ...

Michel-Martin Drolling, detail of Conversion of St. Paul, Church of Saint-Sulpice (Paris). Consider how the Holy Name of Jesus was paramount in the conversion of Saul! "Who are you Lord?" he asked, ...

It was the early ’90s when I was first introduced to the idea of rebuking the Enemy in the name of Jesus. My sister and I had just finished watching the horror movie Candyman, and I was scared out of ...

Jesus, the writers of the New Testament, and observant Jews never say the name of God. So why is saying it such a trend among American Christians? In the Bible, names matter. They aren’t mere ...

“Christians shouldn’t baptize using the Trinitarian formula. The Bible speaks of baptizing in Jesus’ name (Acts 2:38, 8:12, 16, 10:48, 19:5).” These verses refer to the type of baptism, not the words ...

St. Bernard offers the following reflection on the Holy Name of Jesus, pondering its lasting spiritual effects upon our souls. While we may not always realize it, the name of Jesus has a great deal of ...