Faith on Fire: Set the World Ablaze

Were not our hearts burning within us?

Zeal

Women Aglow

Halos

The sun is a burning fire

He will baptize with fire

Judge the earth with fire

Tongues of fire on the day of Pentecost

A soldier's baptism by fire: first day in battle.

"I have come to cast fire on the earth, and would that it were kindled already!"

Year of Faith: 50th Anniversary of Vatican II

Sacrament of Confirmation

Fires of Purgatory: junk fire, garbage fire, smelting, purifying

Fires of Hell

Light on a mountainside

Lantern held high

Warmth, cooking, beauty, cleansing

Indoor fire: fire-place, hearth

"Keep the home fires burning."

We must add fuel to the fire.

Kindling goes up quickly; big logs burn slowly all night long.

Embers left in the morning can start the new day's fire.

Fire of Pentecost: burning deep underground, like Centralia.

Fire can burn out of control, and yet we know how to contain it.

Fire is a power-tool. There is nothing like a blowtorch when you need to melt lead!

Melts metal

Consumes wood

Boils water

Cooks food

Fire of the Holy Spirit

set the world on fire

forest fire: "Only you can prevent Forest Fires."

The fields are ripe for harvest--ripe to be set on fire.

Paradox: the world is starving for God's love, but refuses to eat what is set before it.

Dozens, if not hundreds of fires at the farm: the barn, two outhouses, fallen trees, furniture ...

Bonfire of the vanities

Gina: anchorite, vigil light, hidden away in Studio A

"It only takes a spark to get a fire burning."

Matches, lighters, boy-scout-water vs. survival shows.

Failures to light fires: failed 2nd class test; camping in the cold.

Building fires for the family: ritual, sacramentality

Disposing of sacramentals and American flags reverently

Burning the "cursed notebook" for George

Judgment by Fire

Blessing of Salt and Water

Water made by God, I purge you, too, of evil,
in the name of God the Father almighty,
in the name of Jesus Christ His Son our Lord,
and in the power of the Holy Spirit.
Become now water blessed to banish all power of the enemy,
and to conquer and dispel that enemy himself with his fallen angels,
by the power of the same Lord Jesus Christ,
who shall come to judge the living and the dead
and the world by fire.

Prayers

• Come, Holy Spirit
• Sequence for Pentecost