Thursday of Week 29 in Ordinary Time - Luke 12: 49-53

Daily Gospel Exegesis

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🗓️ 23 October 2024

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Luke 12: 49-53 - 'How I wish it were blazing already!'

Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs:

- 696 (in 'Symbols of the Holy Spirit') - Fire. While water signifies birth and the fruitfulness of life given in the Holy Spirit, fire symbolizes the transforming energy of the Holy Spirit's actions. the prayer of the prophet Elijah, who "arose like fire" and whose "word burned like a torch," brought down fire from heaven on the sacrifice on Mount Carmel. This event was a "figure" of the fire of the Holy Spirit, who transforms what he touches. John the Baptist, who goes "before [the Lord] in the spirit and power of Elijah," proclaims Christ as the one who "will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire." Jesus will say of the Spirit: "I came to cast fire upon the earth; and would that it were already kindled!" In the form of tongues "as of fire," the Holy Spirit rests on the disciples on the morning of Pentecost and fills them with himself The spiritual tradition has retained this symbolism of fire as one of the most expressive images of the Holy Spirit's actions. "Do not quench the Spirit."

- 536 (in 'The Baptism of Jesus') - The baptism of Jesus is on his part the acceptance and inauguration of his mission as God's suffering Servant. He allows himself to be numbered among sinners; he is already "the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world". Already he is anticipating the "baptism" of his bloody death (abbreviated).

- 607 (in 'Christ's whole life is an offering to the Father') - The desire to embrace his Father's plan of redeeming love inspired Jesus' whole life, for his redemptive passion was the very reason for his Incarnation. and so he asked, "and what shall I say? 'Father, save me from this hour'? No, for this purpose I have come to this hour (abbreviated).

- 1225 (in 'Christ's Baptism') - In his Passover Christ opened to all men the fountain of Baptism. He had already spoken of his Passion, which he was about to suffer in Jerusalem, as a "Baptism" with which he had to be baptized. The blood and water that flowed from the pierced side of the crucified Jesus are types of Baptism and the Eucharist, the sacraments of new life. From then on, it is possible "to be born of water and the Spirit" in order to enter the Kingdom of God

- 2804 (in 'The Seven Petitions') - The first series of petitions carries us toward him, for his own sake: thy name, thy kingdom, thy will! It is characteristic of love to think first of the one whom we love. In none of the three petitions do we mention ourselves; the burning desire, even anguish, of the beloved Son for his Father's glory seizes us (abbreviated).

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0:00.0	Hi everyone. Welcome back to Daily Gospel Exegesis, which is the Catholic podcast where we do a verse-by-verse exegesis of the Scriptures.
0:19.1	So we really look at the literal sense of the scriptures. We want to
0:22.1	give you the tools to help you understand Jesus better and the things he says in the Gospels.
0:27.5	What do the words mean? And we always go about it in a way that's faithful to the teaching of the
0:31.9	church, but in a quite a rigorous academic way. So today we're looking at Luke chapter 12 versus 49 to 53. So this is the reading
0:41.0	you would hear at today's mass. Jesus said to his disciples, I have come to bring fire to the earth
0:48.7	and how I wish it were blazing already. There is a baptism I must still receive, and how great is my distress till it is
0:57.5	over. Do you suppose that I am here to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.
1:05.8	For from now on a household of five will be divided, three against two and two against three. The father divided
1:14.4	against the son, son against father, mother against daughter, daughter against mother in law
1:21.2	against daughter in law, daughter in law against mother in law. So what's the context here?
1:30.2	Jesus is moving from Galilee to Jerusalem for the final phase of his ministry, and he's doing various types of ministry along the way. And this is
1:36.0	right in the middle of a speech. And if you've been listening in the last few days, you'll know the kinds
1:40.5	of things he's been saying to his disciples. So we go to verse 49 today.
1:45.6	Jesus said to his disciples, notice who he's speaking to here. It's not actually the crowds.
1:50.7	It's those who are already believers. It's his disciples. And in particular, this text is directed
1:56.3	to those who are present with him at that time. He's speaking to those in that context who are with him.
2:02.9	He says to his disciples, I have come to bring fire to the earth and how I wish it were blazing already.
2:10.1	This is an interesting phrase. It's not entirely clear what it means. There's different views about it.
2:15.3	It appears only in Luke. So I have come to bring fire to the
2:19.4	earth and how I wish it were blazing already. So it seems to carry this idea of Jesus saying,
2:26.0	I have come to start something, but it hasn't happened yet. Right. That's clearly there on,
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