What's in a Name?
Dec 31, 2023 • Rev. Christopher Antonetti
Sermon for the Eve of the Circumcision and Name of JESUS
And at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
What’s in a name? Now that my wife is pregnant with our third child, we are, of course, going through the exciting discussion of what to name the child. We know names are important – often we choose them to honor people we love – we can avoid certain names when it reminds us of people we don’t like – or the name could have a certain meaning we want to give to the child. My parents chose “Christopher” for me because of the meaning – bearer of Christ.