We are always
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on the theme of fire
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in relation to the Heart of Jesus.
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But today, a small step,
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we leave The Old Testament
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and we talk about the theme of fire
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in the New Testament.
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So there are three essential passages
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that I have retained
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and which will hold our attention.
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To begin with
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the words of John the Baptist.
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In chapter 3 of the Gospel of Luke.
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“For me I baptize you with water,
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but comes stronger than me.
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I am not worthy to untie
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The strap of his sandals
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he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit
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and fire.”
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See fire as a
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symbol of the Holy Spirit.
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There is something like an identification
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between the Holy Spirit and fire.
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Second passage,
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still in the Gospel of Luke.
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This word of Jesus
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himself, chapter 12:
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“I came to throw fire on the earth
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and how I would
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like it to be kindled already.”
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Do you hear there? There is a kind of anguish,
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a holy impatience
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which expresses the passion of love
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of the heart of Jesus.
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In his words, Jesus wants to throw
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the fire of the love
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of his heart on the earth.
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This fire which burns his heart
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from the very first moment
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of his incarnation.
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This is also a revelation that
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Marguerite-Marie received
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from our Lord.
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Her passion for love burned her heart
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from the very first moment
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of her existence.
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As a man,
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the passion for love is already present.
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From the incarnation.
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This saying that we have just
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read from Luke “I came to
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throw a fire on the Earth”
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is how I would like it to have already
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been kindled “,
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joins exactly with other words
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what Jesus had said
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to the Saint of Paray (Marguerite -Marie)
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during the first great apparition.
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“My Divine heart
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is so overflowing with love
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for men
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and for you in particular
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that it can no longer contain within itself
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the fires of its ardent charity,
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it is necessary that he spreads them
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by your means. “
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It is the same dynamic
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Jesus who says I have come to throw a fire
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on the earth and how long I long for it,
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whether it is lit or who says” there you are,
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I can no longer contain within myself
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the fires of this ardent
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charity that burns me, that consumes me.
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I must pour them out. “
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He thirsts that his love
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be known and announced.
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And this fire which he came to
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throw on the Earth, it is identically,
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precisely, the fire of the Holy Spirit.
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Jesus came. so that the universe
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is set ablaze, transfigured
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by the fire of the Holy Spirit.
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And this is where we mention
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the third New Testament passage
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that I announced to you,
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but that we are not going to read
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because you know it by heart,
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it is the event of Pentecost.
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The Holy Spirit who comes
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in the form of tongues of fire.
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This event, this celebration
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that we celebrated
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a little over a month ago,
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The acts, chapter 2.
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all these quotes and evocations
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we always bring, directly
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or indirectly,
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to the contemplation of the Heart of Jesus,
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burning furnace of charity
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from which sprang the flames
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from all sides.
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as we told
Sainte Marguerite Marie
Source: see video, Fr Kars