Aug 12, 2013
Readings:
Jeremiah
38:4–6, 8–10
Psalm
40:2–4, 18
Hebrews
12:1–4
Luke
12:49–53
Our God is a consuming fire, the Scriptures tell us (see Hebrews 12:29; Deuteronomy 4:24).
And in this week’s Gospel, Jesus uses the image of fire to describe the demands of discipleship.
The fire he has come to cast on the...