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Monday, February 17, 2020

The Name of the Lord is HOLY. Be true to your promises made in His Name.


The Name of the Lord is Holy. It is a grave sin if we blaspheme the Holy Name of God. It is blasphemy if we broke our promises made in His Name. The Catechism of the Catholic Church (2147 and 2148) teaches us:

Promises made to others in God's name engage the divine honor, fidelity, truthfulness, and authority. They must be respected in justice. To be unfaithful to them is to misuse God's name and in some way to make God out to be a liar.


Blasphemy is directly opposed to the second commandment. It consists in uttering against God - inwardly or outwardly - words of hatred, reproach, or defiance; in speaking ill of God; in failing in respect toward him in one's speech; in misusing God's name. St. James condemns those "who blaspheme that honorable name [of Jesus] by which you are called."  The prohibition of blasphemy extends to language against Christ's Church, the saints, and sacred things. It is also blasphemous to make use of God's name to cover up criminal practices, to reduce peoples to servitude, to torture persons or put them to death. the misuse of God's name to commit a crime can provoke others to repudiate religion. Blasphemy is contrary to the respect due God and his holy name. It is in itself a grave sin.”

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  1. May I know who took the photo so that we can share the blog on the Fb page pf our chapel thanks

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