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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 live
That I may burn with holy zeal And transform the world in which I live
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