Friends of the Rosary,
In today’s reading (Luke 12:49-53), Christ the Lord declares his desire to spread eternal life among human beings through the fire of the Holy Spirit. He says,
"I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing!"
Jesus is the bearer of the divine life, the spreader of the fire that sets the world ablaze, and we are obligated to be a conduit of holiness.
He came to torch the world with the heat and light of the divine Spirit, which is the love shared by the Father and the Son, the very inner life of God.
Christ Jesus desires the world to be renewed and purified through this divine fire.
He also says today:
"Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division!"
Christ Jesus does bring true peace — peace with God (John 14:27) — but not surface-level harmony or cheap peace.
The decision of whether to align with Christ or reject Him often causes division even within families. When some accept and others reject the call of the Gospel, and when God’s truth confronts human resistance and sin, conflict arises.
We pray today's Rosary, on the feast of St. John Capistrano, from Tempe, Arizona.
Ave Maria!
Come, Holy Spirit, come!
To Jesus through Mary!
Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.
Please give us the grace to respond with joy!
+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New York
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