Thursday, October 23, 2025

Jesus wants the world to “burn” with Love

Jesus wants the world to “burn” with Love
Thursday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time
Gospel text
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!"
Gospel's Commentary
Today Jesus Christ appears to us as the greatest “Firestarter” in the world: He would like to see the whole world burning with Love right now. The truth is that… the ashes of the fires of hatred are still smoking: wars, attacks, fraud… So, have Jesus’ baptism and His Cross been useless? Let us open our eyes! The news almost always talks only about the smoke of scandals. But if human civilization exists, it is because millions of human beings burn with love in their families; millions of professionals burn with love as they work honestly; millions of… —What remains of the Cross? The Risen Jesus. He has the final word when it comes to “Fire”!

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