 | John Beaumont - 1724 - 240 pages
...Daughter more than me, is not worthy of me. So again, Luke xii. 49, 5r, 52, 53. J<"» conu to bring Fire on the Earth ; and what will I, but that it be kindled ? Do you think that I am come to give Peace en Earth, I do not fay fo, lut rather Divifion... | |
 | Alban Butler - 1775 - 546 pages
...participation of his fpirit, (he becometh one fpirit with him. Of this fire our Lord faid : " I am come to caft fire on the •' earth, and what will I but that it be kindled (24) !" This fire was particularly an emblem of the light, which th* apoftles received and... | |
 | Catholic Church - 1815 - 738 pages
...established the fountain of all holiness, may also sanctify us in truth. Thro'. COMM. Luke xii. — I am come to cast fire on the earth, and what will I, but that it be kindled ? P. COMM. Laudis. — May the sacrifice of praise, O Lord, which we have offered thee with... | |
 | Richard Hayes - 1822 - 584 pages
...roses, when endured for the love of our God ! — " I am come, says Christ, Luke, xii, 49, to send fire on the earth, and what will I but that it be kindled?" Divine Pastor and lover of our souls ! whose unworthy representative I here stand ; while... | |
 | 1833 - 360 pages
...much shall be required : and to whom they have committed much, of him they will demand the more. 49 1 am come to cast fire on the earth ; and what will I but that it be kindled? 50 And I have a baptism, where- ' w'uh I am to be baptized : and how am I straitened until... | |
 | 1842 - 800 pages
...Bernard, ' GoD loves, he desires nothing else than to be loved.' (Ser. 83 in Can.) The Redeemer said : ' I am come to cast fire on the earth ; and what will I but that it be kindled ?' (Luke xii. 49.) I, says JESUS Christ, came on earth to light up the fire of divine love... | |
 | Catholic Church - 1843 - 854 pages
...established the fountain of all holiness, may also sanctify us in truth. Thro'. COMM. Luke xii. — I am come to cast fire on the earth, and what will I, but'that it be kindled ? P. COMM. Laudis. — May the sacrifice of praise, O Lord, which we have offered... | |
 | Charles Roger - 1847 - 342 pages
...Are not five sparowes sold for two farthings : and one of them is not forgotten before God ? 491 came to cast fire on the earth : and what will I, but that it be kindled? CHAP. XIII. 21 It is like to leaven, which a woman tooke and hid in three measures of meale,... | |
 | Golden manual - 1850 - 812 pages
...wouldst have it whole and entire. Make it thine, O Jesus, wholly and entirely thine. Thou sayest : I am come to cast fire on the earth, and what will I but that it be kindled ? Let my desire, O Lord, correspond with the ardour and tenderness of thine ; let me receive... | |
 | Alfonso Maria de' Liguori (st.) - 1852 - 660 pages
...had come on earth to enkindle in the heaiis of all the fire of Divine love, as He Himself declared : "I am come to cast fire on the earth, and what will I but that it be kindled?"1 Let us only imagine, what a flame He must have enkindled in that pure heart of His Holy... | |
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I am come to cast fire on the earth: and what will I, but that it be kindled? 
