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100 Pop Songs Every Catholic Should Hear — Starting With No. 1, ‘What Other People Say’ by Demi Lovato…

There may be a more brutal song about the cost of sin, but if there is, I’m not sure it would be bearable. I’ve written in these pages many, many times about the importance, and indeed mystery of one’s own name. “God calls each one by name,” the catechism tells us. “Everyone’s name is sacred. The name is the icon of the person.” This song answers the question of what happens when we become iconoclasts of our own name.