Are you on fire?

 

 

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Jesus is not a soft person who can be pushed around. He is strong and demanding of himself and those who wish to follow him. For the sake of his love for God his  Father he was willing to suffer his Passion and Death. Those who follow him are to walk in his footsteps.

Thursday 22 October 2020

Are you on fire?

Gospel

Luke 12:49-53

How I wish it were blazing already!

Jesus said to his disciples:

1.      ‘I have come to bring fire to the earth,

2.      and how I wish it were blazing already!

3.      There is a baptism I must still receive, and

4.      how great is my distress till it is over!

 

5.      ‘Do you suppose that I am here to bring peace on earth?

6.      No, I tell you, but rather division.

7.      For from now on a household of five will be divided: three against two and two against three; the father divided against the son, son against father, mother against daughter, daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law, daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.’

 

prayerful reflection

Fire destroys. It separates the permanent from the transitory. It cleanses and it warms. It can drive mighty machines as in steam locomotives. Jesus baptises with the Holy Spirit and fire. Jesus himself was on fire with love for his Father. The fire of love will sacrifice anything and everything for the sake of the beloved and think nothing of it. Through the Holy Spirit Jesus wants to set his followers on fire with love for him. This is what happened to the weak and faltering disciples on Pentecost Day.

A person on fire for Jesus will sacrifice everything for him and think it nothing, even family relationships and indeed even his/her life.

Fire is total commitment because of our love for him.

Jesus looks for this kind of heat in his disciples. ‘You are neither hot nor cold, but lukewarm. I will spit you from my mouth’ (Revelation)