As we begin this new year we are certainly called to take the name of Jesus with us, to treasure it in our hearts and have it on our lips as Christians have done for centuries, this strong name that reminds us that God saves. And we are called to more than that. We ourselves are called by God in baptism to be living signs, icons of the truth that God saves. We not only take the name of Jesus with us, we are marked with the cross of Christ forever. We not only take the name of Jesus with us, we receive him into our bodies in the Eucharist…the Body of Christ, the Bread of Heaven…the Blood of Christ, the Cup of Salvation.