Father Sean's Weekly Message

August 17, 2025

“I have come to set the earth on fire.' Pope Benedict XVI wrote that the fire is Christ's own Passion of love, 'a fire that is to be handed on. Whoever comes close to him must be prepared to be burned. This is a fire that makes things bright and pure and free and grand. Being a Christian, then, is daring to entrust oneself to this burning fire.' The fire is set ablaze when we speak the truth, like the Prophet Jeremiah, who is punished for it. Christ comes to divide us from whatever keeps us from him, to rid us of every burden and sin that clings to us. We keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, waiting for him, trusting that he will put a new song of praise into our mouth." (Magnificat August 2025, pg. 261-262)

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~ Continued on Father Sean's Pastor's Corner