‘The Name Jesus’ While meditating on the verse “And when eight days were completed for his circumcision, he was named Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived” ( Luke 2:21 ), I desire to receive the grace that comes from this meditation: (1) When I meditate on this verse — “he was named Jesus” (Lk. 2:21) — I have been particularly struck by the phrase. According to Scripture it says, “as the angel had named him before he was conceived” [“they named him ‘Jesus,’ just as the angel had instructed before he was conceived” ( Modern Korean Bible )] (v. 21). Here the “angel” is the angel Gabriel (1:26), and what Gabriel told Mary was, “You will conceive and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus” (v. 31). (a) When I reflect on the name “Jesus,” Matthew 1:21 comes to mind: “She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his...