Fire

A Blazing Grace
My son will soon be sacramentally Confirmed by Bishop Pates, sealing the grace of Baptism.

What a joy to see him come to this final initiation into Christ and His Church!

All those young people will receive the immaterial Fire, who at times calls us to quench fire; but at other times calls us to kindle fire.

A Pentecostal Pyromaniac's Paradise.

To become fire.
Of greater interest to me is the fire spoken of by the Desert Fathers, who urge us to 'become flame':

‘Abba Lot went to see Abba Joseph and said to him, ‘Abba as far as I can I say my little office, I fast a little, I pray and meditate, I live in peace and as far as I can, I purify my thoughts. What else can I do?’ Then the old man stood up and stretched his hands towards heaven. His fingers became like ten lamps of fire and he said to him, ‘If you desire, you can become all flame.’

Meaning: God's purifying, loving, transforming love is a fire that has as its 'end-game' the total consumption of our life.

Open the Eyes of my Heart, Lord
That night on which my son is Confirmed, I will pray for those young people that they will experience an awakening in their spiritual imagination: may they feel the caress of heaven's Zephyr, see the bright glory of Pentecostal Flames, and hear the whisper of God's still small Voice-made-flesh, incarnate for their salvation.

Veni!

Come, Holy Spirit.

Let the Fire fall!