We would certainly be elated or delighted if our names were being mentioned for some good deed or accomplishment.
It is a good feeling to be recognised for doing something that is commendable and extra-ordinary.
In the gospel, Jesus noticed a poverty-stricken widow putting in two small coins into the treasury, and it was all she had to live on.
It was certainly an awe-inspiring deed and an act of total dependence on God as well as an act of total self-giving.
But the poor widow was not mentioned by name.
She and the other many figures in the gospels who have been an inspiration to us were however not mentioned by name.
Although it may not be that important for them to be mentioned by name, it also goes to show who the gospels were focusing on - Jesus.
In the 1st reading, the Lamb had with Him a hundred and forty-four thousand people, and all of them had His name written on their foreheads.
They too were not mentioned by name, but what was more important is that the name of the Lamb was written on their foreheads.
May we come to understand that whatever recognition that we received, or desire, is only temporary.
May the name of Jesus be in our minds and hearts always so that what we do is done for Him so as to lead others to Him and to Him alone.