We continue our
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Bible exploration.
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Always in connection with the heart of Jesus
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and with the theme of fire.
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Today I would like to remember a
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very spectacular and well-known
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passage from The Old Testament.
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It’s in the first book
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of Kings in the 18th chapter,
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it’s Elijah’s sacrifice on Mount Carmel.
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Opposite, the worshipers
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of Baal, idolaters
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who also try to offer a sacrifice,
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but no reaction that comes from heaven,
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while the sacrifice that Elijah offers,
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fire descends from heaven and consumes the sacrifice.
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And so there you go, Elijah
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has won the victory.
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The fire consumes the sacrifice
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offered by the prophet and it confuses
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the worshipers of Baal.
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So, in this very famous episode,
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which certainly constitutes
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a remarkable prophecy
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also of the event of Pentecost,
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the fire which comes down from heaven, which consumes,
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which renews everything,
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it is already Pentecost.
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It is a very beautiful
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announcement of Pentecost,
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the tongues of fire.
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This episode also helps us to contemplate
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the power of the love
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of this heart of Christ, a
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fiery furnace of charity.
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In fact,
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it is the fruit of
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the ardent prayer of Elijah
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who was, according to his own
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words, filled with a jealous zeal
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for the Lord God of Israel,
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for the Lord abandoned by the
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ungrateful and adulterous people.
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It is the fruit of his ardent prayer
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that brought fire down from heaven.
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This is not a circus show,
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it is truly the
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prophet’s deep faith , his confidence,
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his desire, his zeal and his humility.
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So, Šešelj, Jealous?
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We will also find it
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in Marguerite-Marie,
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in the face of the ingratitude
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and indifference of so many faithful.
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In relation to the love of Jesus.
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She will be consumed in prayer.
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In repair.
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And we too are called
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to join her in order
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not only to adore the heart of Jesus,
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not only to open our hearts
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to his inexhaustible love,
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but to be truly reparative
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through our fidelity.
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Our acts of charity.
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By our adorations,
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frequent communions, but also,
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as we said yesterday,
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by our readiness to announce, to
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evangelize,
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I remind you of what Jesus said
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during the first great apparition
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to Marguerite-Marie.
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My Divine Heart is so overflowing
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is so passionate …
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it is stronger than that.
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My Divine Heart
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is so passionate about love,
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for you in particular,
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and for all men
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that my heart
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can no longer contain within itself
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the fires of its ardent charity.
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He must spread them.
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By your means. “He
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said to Marguerite-Marie
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and therefore Jesus thirsts that his love be known.
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He thirsts that the fire
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of love of his heart
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come to this earth
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and what he says to Marguerite-Marie
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with it. specific proper words.
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This is no different from what she says
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in the Gospel of Luke in chapter 12.
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It is the same dynamic when he says
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“I have come to throw fire on the earth
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and as already , I would like
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it to be kindled. “
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This fire is the fire of the heart of Jesus
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who wants to spread on the earth
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this fire is none other
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than the fire of the Holy Spirit
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which was poured out on the day of the Pentecost
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in the form of tongues of fire
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And for that we have to
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be worshipers
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, prayers, suppliants.
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Eager to mend
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to attract this fire from heaven.
Source: Fr Kars, Sanctuaire Paray