Neither you nor I can escape the fact that our world today is being consumed by the fire of violence.
Yet there is also a fire that very much needs fanning into flame… the fire of love!
We each need to ask … which fire and I feeding?
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Fire – blessing or curse?
“Fire: while it warms us with God’s love, it wants to burn our selfishness, to enlighten the dark sides of life – we all have them, eh! – to consume the false idols that enslave us.”
“To set people’s hearts on fire”, this is how Vincent described the vocation of his followers. He allowed God’s fire to transform him!
Vincentians Can’t Stand Outside the Fire
“Life is not tried, it is merely survived
If you’re standing outside the fire.” Garth Brooks “To set people’s hearts on fire, to do what the Son of God did.” St. Vincent de Paul
The Flames of Pentecost – Which Will I Fan?
This Pentecost we face a stark choice! This Pentecost we can choose to fan into flame the fire of the Spirit. Or we can choose to be consumed by the flames of violence. Such violence is not only in the hearts of others but, if we are honest, these smoldering flames...