00:00The Bible
00:30The first gift God gave to the people of Israel was to reveal his name to them.
00:40He wanted to tell us who He is and what He is like.
00:45He said to Moses, "I am the Lord, I am Yahweh."
00:51And from that moment an interpersonal relationship was generated between God and Moses, between God and his people.
01:02Israel taught us to respect God's name, that's why they never pronounce it.
01:11And our Catholic Church in the liturgy never pronounces the name of God,
01:18only in the Greek version of that name, that is, the Lord.
01:24I am the Lord.
01:26In the liturgy we always say, God is the Lord, that is his name.
01:34In Christ we will recognize him as the Kyrios, that is the name that God has also given to Jesus.
01:44The name of God is holy.
01:46The name of God must be respected.
01:50That is why it is not spoken about, and even less so, things can be done in its name.
01:58Bad things, negative things.
02:01You may never invoke the name of God to kill.
02:06You can never invoke God's name to lie.
02:09You may never invoke the name of God to harm humanity.
02:17Respecting God's name means loving Him with that filial affection.
02:25Israel did not pronounce his name.
02:28The church respects it in the liturgy.
02:31But above all, the church is called to avoid all blasphemy,
02:35anything that could damage God's honor.
02:40Because the honor of the individual and the honor of humanity are betrayed.
02:46When you do not respect God, when you do not respect his name.
02:51His name is holy, and we owe Him our respect always.
02:55so that we can grow in love and harmony among ourselves.
03:05Amen.
