What does it mean to you to "Pray in the name of Jesus"?

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We are called to do it but what does it mean?

Not my merits but his?
Not mr praying but Jesus?
 
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What does it mean to you to “Pray in the name of Jesus”?
We are called to do it but what does it mean?
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There’s a couple of meanings to that phrase.

1st. To pray in the name of Jesus, is to invoke His name before the Father in order that the Father will grant what we ask. An example would be if someone gives you a check and says to “pay to bearer”. That person has written you a blank check and will pay for anything you want with that check.

Jesus said:

John 14:13 And whatever you ask in my name, I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you ask anything of me in my name, I will do it.

2nd. Priests are Ambassadors of Christ. They pray in Christ’s stead, when we go to them in Confession:

2 Corinthians 5:20 So we are ambassadors for Christ, as if God were appealing through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
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Not mr praying but Jesus?
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Yes.
 
Hi,

This confuses me, sorry to say, because I mostly pray directly to God the Father, and sometimes to Jesus. If I understand you correctly, praying to Jesus isn’t (please forgive my ignorance) “bypassing” God the Father?
 
Actually “Praying in the name of Jesus” is praying to the Father.
 
Thanks for helping clarify this. It’s important for me to understand this!

Stuart
 
Usually when I hear someone say, “Pray in the name of Jesus,” it means I’m in the company of Protestants.
 
II was thinking of my friend. I was looking for a music store. He suggested on and said, “Tell them Steve sent you.” In ther words, by mentioning his name I might get a better deal. Not because of me but because of him.

I was also thinking another way. “De Maria, in the name of decency dont answer the fron door in your underwear.” In other words, mindful of decency and for the sake of decency.

Or

A police officer might say, “Open this door in the name of the law.” In other words, empowered by the law and again, for the sake of the law.

Praying to the Father in the name of Jesus, perhaps all these meanings.
 
Yes. As Catholic we usually say, “Through Christ our Lord. Amen”
 
And of course, “In the Name of The Father, and of The Son, and of The Holy Spirit.” Basically praying to God in the name of God. I wonder if that makes sense.

Of course baptism makes sense and beginning a prayer makes sense. I begin this prayer in the name…
 
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