[Pearls Ep 132]
In this Sunday’s Gospel (copied in the postscript), Jesus tells us, “I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing!”
Fire is a powerful emotive. Fire:
- Illuminates
- Purifies
- Energizes
- Casts away predators and defends against enemies
- Spreads rapidly
But it has another characteristic that is even more relevant to Jesus’ desire for us to be blazing… and that is the topic of this week’s Pearls episode.
Blessings on your journey with Christ –
Steve and Karen Smith
Interior Life
Postscript: Lk 12:49-53
Jesus said to his disciples: “I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing!
There is a baptism with which I must be baptized, and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished!
Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. From now on a household of five will be divided, three against two and two against three; a father will be divided against his son and a son against his father, a mother against her daughter and a daughter against her mother, a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”