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Morning Reflection
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time | August 14, 2022
This gospel reflection is based on Luke 12:49-53.
Holy Fire
by Deacon Andy Cirmo
He has come to reclaim the world
A place of separation without and within
Permeated and charred by the blaze of sin
Charred and cold until remorse begins
Yet his is a holy heat which burns inside
Bringing a new baptism of spirit
And a holy rebirth, uniting with new fire
To enkindle and ignite all who bear it
Cleaning the hearts of all who believe
Bringing out all to be removed from inside
Running as sap from burning wood
To leave all behind so purified
Many who were close will be apart
Away and against each other in fear
Separated by anxiety and doubt
Refusing to embrace and truly hear
Unbelievers will turn from the holy heat
Brother away from brother
Turning against those who burn
With the zeal for loving each other
And there will be no peace
Until the bright and Holy fire he brings
Consumes the dark and purifies all hearts
And with his grace makes all hearts sing
Yet with the burning away comes his cure
For all who reach out to the above
With open arms to the One
Embracing the holy fire of his love
And after the revision of hearts
When all has finally been purified
Those who have burned with zeal
Will bring forth his love to the world
Dear Jesus, Send forth the Holy Sprit
Enkindle in me the fire of your love
That I may bring you forth and liveThat I may burn with holy zeal
And transform the world in which I live
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Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time | August 7, 2022
This gospel reflection is based on Luke 12:32-48.
Treasure and Light
by Deacon Andy Cirmo
Waiting on the rocky shoreline of life
With light and flickering lamp in hand
In the grey mist of creeping dusk
I prepare for his holy barque to land
Looking up to heaven in wonder asking
If I have rightly prepared my heart
If I have watched and cared enough
To welcome him and never be apart
In his time he comes to call me home
To be with him as always is and ever
And at his approach I ask my inmost self
Have I loved as he has me…forever
He already knows my deepest heart
And has watched for the reflection of grace
Knowing always how I have lived and waited
How I have gathered and grown his grace
He is love’s light to me in all ways
Yet oft and then I have tended to stray
Yet his love always is there for me
In my every breath, day by day
I have fueled my lamp for the journey
Holding it to light the shore of night
For him to see my prayerful glow
Fueled by how I have loved all in life
In my lamp’s light I pray that he will see
The love I have given and so shared
Light fueled by all he has loved me
Amplified brightly by how I have cared
For he has given to me all that I have
Entrusted me in life with his clearest call
To do much and to love much
To humbly give always and with my all
My heart longs now for his coming
For to return my heart to him I strive
I’ve kept his entrusted love lamp lit
Burning brightly for when he arrives
Dear Jesus, I watch for you to come
Be with me as I live and give
Help me to be vigilant at all times
To see you in who I meet and what I do
As I strive to live my life as gift
I present my life’s lamp of love
Fully lit and brightly glowing
In thanks and in love for you
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