{"id":15503,"date":"2014-10-24T01:01:38","date_gmt":"2014-10-24T06:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/?p=15503"},"modified":"2014-10-23T14:43:11","modified_gmt":"2014-10-23T19:43:11","slug":"we-need-to-ignite-the-world-with-the-fire-of-gods-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/2014\/10\/24\/we-need-to-ignite-the-world-with-the-fire-of-gods-love\/","title":{"rendered":"We Need to Ignite the World with the Fire of God's Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content-post\">\n<article id=\"post-16554\" class=\"post-16554 homilia type-homilia status-publish hentry\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p lang=\"pt-PT\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span class=\"notranslate\"> <strong>We need to make a difference in the world, where God&#8217;s Word is not accepted, unloved, is still rejected.<\/strong><\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> <strong>We need to continue touching\u00a0 this world and burning with the burning fire of God&#8217;s divine love.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"pt-PT\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span class=\"notranslate\"> <em>&#8220;I came to cast fire upon the earth, and would that it were already kindled!&#8221;<\/em> (Luke 12:49).<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"pt-PT\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span class=\"notranslate\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/files\/2014\/04\/13944621265_0e528ee967_z.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-14805\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/files\/2014\/04\/13944621265_0e528ee967_z.jpg\" alt=\"13944621265_0e528ee967_z\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/files\/2014\/04\/13944621265_0e528ee967_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/files\/2014\/04\/13944621265_0e528ee967_z-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>Today Jesus tells us what His mission among us: <em>&#8220;I came to cast fire upon the earth&#8221;<\/em> (Luke 12, 49).<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> The longing of the Master&#8217;s heart is that this fire had already spread that this fire already kindled in every corner of the Earth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"pt-PT\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span class=\"notranslate\"> Let me tell you something: the Christian needs to be burned by this fire from on high, by this fire of God, which is the Holy Spirit.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> First thing: the fire of God burning inside and out, burning our sins;<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> those burning desires that often are within us and do not belong to Him., while He ignites our soul and our hearts so that we have a new taste for the things of God, a taste for His Word, one like the Eucharist, like doing good for others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"pt-PT\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span class=\"notranslate\"> We need this fire from above!<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> As we need every day to be baptized in the fire of this spirit, everything ignited.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> We need, my brethren, to be the spark this fire where we are.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> We need to burn &#8211; with the love of God &#8211; our home, our family, our work, our schools, society and the world in which we live.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> Unfortunately, there are many extinguished Christians, there are many Christians who have a &#8220;ember&#8221; that needs to be lit, but is almost out, almost no leaves or smoke.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"notranslate\"> How we need to be burned in the day by this fire of God&#8217;s heart, and to be consumed by love, by the desire to do good to others, to help our brother or sister,\u00a0 to be generous!<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"pt-PT\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span class=\"notranslate\"> We need to be burned by the desire to hear the Word of God and practice-it!<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> Let me tell you something: when we are burned by this fire we become the top cause of division.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> Yes, Jesus Himself tells us this: <em>&#8220;I came to bring division&#8221;<\/em> (Luke 12.51).<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> Split is just that: not to get off the side of the fire!<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> We live in a world where some do not know the fire of God, others knew and let the flame go out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"pt-PT\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span class=\"notranslate\"> We need to make a difference in the world, where God&#8217;s Word is not accepted, unloved, is still rejected.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> We need to continue infecting this world and burning with the burning fire of God divine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"pt-PT\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span class=\"notranslate\"> Light this fire in your home, this flame is to access the love of God!<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> Burning those around us and ourselves. This means cutting out what is not of God and to shine through loving actions, words and attitudes.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> Do not just say a lot of beautiful and catchy words about Jesus if your heart is not infected and burned by this desire to live intensely the life of God in us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"notranslate\"> God bless you!<\/span><\/p>\n<footer id=\"entry-author-info\">\n<div class=\"entry_author_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/homilia.cancaonova.com\/wp-content\/authors\/3_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"notranslate\"> Father Roger Araujo<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"notranslate\"> Priest of the Can\u00e7\u00e3o Nova Community, journalist and contributor to the\u00a0Can\u00e7\u00e3o Nova Portal. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rogeraraujo.cn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rogeraraujo.cn<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/homilia.cancaonova.com\/homilia\/precisamos-incendiar-o-mundo-com-o-fogo-de-deus\/\">Portuguese version<\/a><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We need to make a difference in the world, where God&#8217;s Word is not accepted, unloved, is still rejected. 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