Fire to the Earth

Thursday, 21 October 2010

Thursday of the Twenty-ninth week in Ordinary Time

"I have come to set the earth on fire"

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 12:49-53.

Mass Intro. Fr. S…

In today’s Gospel Jesus tells us, “I came to bring fire to the earth and hos I wish it were already kindled.”

This fire of Jesus is the Holy Spirit or fire of Jesus’ love.

A fire cannot burn unless it has fuel. Human hearts, souls and wills are the fuel that Jesus needs in order for the fire of the Holy Spirit to become ignited. Thus, through us, the blaze of divine love will spring up all over the world. We are free to give over to Jesus our life to be used as fuel for the fire of God’s love.

As long as we refuse to give ourselves over to the fire of the Holy Spirit, Jesus is unable to establish the Kingdom of love on earth. Our daily prayer time is the proper moment to give Jesus permission to use our life as fuel for his divine love.

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