Today we celebrate the beautiful optional memorial of the Holy Name of Mary, our Blessed Mother. Now, names are important. They are important because God knows us by our name, and our name has a particular significance. In fact, Our Lady, in a few of her alleged apparitions, even indicates that God is the one who names us. He gives the grace to parents to name us what He wants us to be named. As we know from Scripture, God said, I carved out your name on the palm of my hand from all eternity before you were even conceived. God knew our name, and so too with the name of our Blessed Mother.