The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) Day 360: Hallowing God’s Name (2025)
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Dec 26, 2025 Explore the profound meaning of hallowing God's name, emphasizing that we recognize it as holy through how we live and pray. Discover Jesus' teachings on love and kindness, inviting us into divine plans. Fr. Mike highlights God's name revealed in pivotal moments of salvation history and through Christ's incarnation. The discussion includes the importance of daily sanctification and how our actions influence the honor of God's name, urging continual conversion and prayer.
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Hallowing Is Recognition, Not Creation
- "Hallowed" means recognizing and treating God as holy, not making Him holy ourselves.
- This petition is an optative desire shared between God and man that draws us into God's plan of loving kindness.
Name And Works Are Inextricably Linked
- God's name is revealed through His saving actions across salvation history, so name and work are inseparable.
- We participate only when God's name is hallowed by us and in us through living and praying rightly.
Glory Reveals God’s Holiness
- Creation and Scripture reveal God's inaccessible holiness as glory, which humanity lost through sin.
- God's revelation of His name aims to restore humans to the Creator's image and likeness.
