A man is told a name so holy that for the next thousand years, God's own people would refuse to say it out loud. Centuries later, four letters get nailed above Jesus Christ's head as he's dying on a Roman cross: I.N.R.I. Letters you've probably seen a hundred times on crucifixes, without ever knowing they were quietly saying something far bigger than the men who wrote them ever intended.
This is Episode 2 of **The Thread**, a Catholic Bible study series from The Faithful Fountain that follows one idea all the way through Scripture. Starting at the burning bush, we trace the divine name YHWH — *Ehyeh asher Ehyeh*, "I AM WHO I AM" — through why Jewish tradition stopped pronouncing it aloud, the priestly blessing, the angel naming Jesus (*Yeshua*, "the Lord saves"), Jesus's own "I am" claims, the crucifixion and Pilate's INRI sign, and Revelation's promise that the name once too sacred to speak would one day be written openly on the faces of the redeemed. If you've ever felt like a name on a list instead of a person someone actually sees, this Catholic Bible study is for you.
📖 Passage: Exodus 3:1-15 (RSV-CE)
✝️ The Thread, Episode 2 — from The Faithful Fountain
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