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Hey there, Sprouts. Today is Tuesday, June 16th, 2020. This week on the Catholic Sprouts podcast, we are talking about the Second Commandment, You shall not take the Lord God's

name in vain. Yesterday, we went all the way back to Moses and his first

conversation with God in the burning bush, where God revealed that his name is I am who am.

And this very sacred, incredible way of knowing God, his name is so revered by the Jewish people at that time and continuing on to today

that they never speak this name except for once a year by the high priest. Now, let's skip forward

in history to the birth of Jesus Christ. From the very moment that we hear that Jesus, that God made man, will enter the world,

we know his name. The angel comes to Mary and says to her, behold, you will conceive in your

womb and bear a son and you shall name him Jesus. So we have this name for God himself. Now, we have talked

on this podcast many times about how God, who was infinite, who was there at the beginning of the world,

how he had to humble himself so much to become a human being that he let go of that power

and took on this this weak form of a human and not only that but he was born poor and he entered

the world as a tiny embryo in the womb of the Virgin Mary but there's so many other ways to understand the way that God

humbled himself. And one of those ways is that he took a name. Now, having a name is an interesting

thing. Go back to Adam and Eve in the garden. God created all of these animals and then he created Adam and he told Adam to name the animals.

Now, it wasn't just that God was lazy and couldn't think of names.

He gave this job specifically to Adam to demonstrate that Adam was above the animals,

that he was basically an owner or controller of the

animals. Because when we name something, we exercise control over it. Who gave you your name?

Well, your parents most likely gave you your name. They picked a name.

Maybe it's a saint's name or a family name or meaningful in some other way.

But they picked this name for you because they want to shape you in a certain way.

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