LIVE IT TODAY: Sunday, August 17, 2025
I have come to set your heart ablaze with My love—let nothing and no one quench the fire of My Spirit in you.
LIVE IT TODAY: Sunday, August 17, 2025
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GOD'S DECLARATION TO YOU TODAY
I have come to set your heart ablaze with My love—let nothing and no one quench the fire of My Spirit in you.
INVOCATION
Come, Holy Spirit! Through the intercession of Our Blessed Mother Mary, open my heart to hear and receive all that You desire for me. Draw me ever more deeply into the Love and Life of the Blessed Trinity!
GOSPEL | Luke 12:49-53
Jesus said to his disciples:
"I have come to set the earth on fire,
and how I wish it were already blazing!
There is a baptism with which I must be baptized,
and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished!
Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth?
No, I tell you, but rather division.
From now on a household of five will be divided,
three against two and two against three;
a father will be divided against his son
and a son against his father,
a mother against her daughter
and a daughter against her mother,
a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law
and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law."
EVERY DAY QUESTION
What struck you? Challenged you? Inspired you? What questions did it raise?
GOING DEEPER
The Fire That Divides and Purifies
When Jesus speaks of bringing “division,” He is not endorsing petty conflict but revealing the unavoidable cost of following Him. His “fire” is the purifying, all-consuming love of God—the same fire that descended at Pentecost. It warms and gives life to those who receive it, but it also burns away sin and false allegiances, often provoking resistance.
The “baptism” He refers to is His Passion and death, where the flood of divine mercy will be poured out. Yet this mercy demands a choice: will we conform to Him or to the world? This is why even households can be divided—because fidelity to Christ exposes the idols we cling to.
In our homes, the call is to keep the fire of Christ’s love burning brightly, even when it brings discomfort or requires costly truth-telling. Parents, lead with courage and tenderness. Pray over your family in Jesus’ name. Do not fear the temporary tension that comes from standing on God’s truth—fear instead the lukewarmness that quenches the Spirit. As the Catechism teaches, “The Holy Spirit...comes to meet us and kindles faith in us” (CCC 683). Let Him kindle and sustain that flame in your home.
LIFE APPLICATION QUESTIONS
Unquenchable Flame: Where in your life has the fire of the Holy Spirit grown dim, and what step can you take to rekindle it?
Cost of Discipleship: Have you ever faced division in relationships because of your commitment to Christ? How did you respond?
Guarding the Fire: What is one specific way you can protect your family from influences that threaten to put out the flame of faith?
FAMILY LIVE IT
Make some time today to gather together and, going around, share one way you want God’s fire to burn more brightly in your life. Then pray over one another aloud:
“Come, Holy Spirit! Ignite in [name] the fire of Your love. Burn away all fear, compromise, and sin. Fill them with courage to follow You fully, no matter the cost. Keep this flame alive until we see You face to face.”
DAILY PARENT & GRANDPARENT BLESSING
LORD JESUS CHRIST, let Your holy anointing be upon each of our children, grandchildren, and godchildren this day and week, including all to whom they are called in vocation, and all future generations! In Your Sacred Name we claim them for You! We renounce all whispers, lies, and influences of the Enemy! We pray right now that each know Your loving Presence, be forged in virtue, and be flooded with an abundance of Your Holy Spirit to live fully their identity and mission in You now and through all eternity, through the intercession of our Blessed Mother! Amen.
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GOING VERTICAL
“Be still and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10
Just as the vertical beam upholds the horizontal beam of the Cross, so too does undistracted, dedicated daily turning to God as our lifeblood uphold and strengthen every part of life. Start with just three minutes. Wait patiently for the breakthrough beyond the noise. Let Him speak.
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