On The Theme Of The Holy Name

We cannot, properly speaking, dissociate the lyrics on the theme of the Holy Name from those on the Passion, or from the other Love lyrics, since, as we have already shown, these subjects are inextricably blended. Almost every lyric in chapter iii. bears some reference to the Name of Jesus. If we take “Ihesu Christ, Saint Mary’s Son,” we shall find that nearly every line of stanzas 15 and 16 is an invocation to the Holy Name; and “Ihesu, God’s Son, Lord of Majesty,” as well as “Hail, Ihesu, my Creator,” are in praise of the Name of Jesus. Indeed, we have only to except the first half of “Love is Life,” “Thy joy be ilk a deal,” and the short lyric in The Form of Living . All the others are devotions to the Person of Christ, typified by the Name of Jesus.