Day 288. How might you use God’s Name carelessly? (2025)

Today is day 288 and we are studying The Third Commandment.

288. How might you use God’s Name carelessly?

Cursing, magic, broken vows, false piety, manipulation of others, and hypocrisy all cheapen God’s Name. These treat God’s Name as empty of the reality for which it stands. (Leviticus 5:4–6; 19:26b,31; Psalm 10:2–7; Malachi 1:6–14; Matthew 5:33–37; James 3:5–12; Articles of Religion, 39)

We will conclude today by praying Proper 2 found on page 615 of the Book of Common Prayer (2019).

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