EDITORIAL

“I came to bring fire to the earth…” (Luke 12:49)

Then tongues appeared to them that seemed like fire… Yes, Pentecost is a fire. A fire that is first external, as Luke recounts in the Acts of the Apostles. But it is also especially an internal fire, the fire of a Presence. Did not our hearts burn within us as he spoke to us on the road, the disciples of Emmaus said when they returned to Jerusalem.He had said it well: it is a fire that I have come to bring to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled (Luke 12:49). Fire, the great discovery of humans a million years ago, is the symbol of God: it brings light, it warms, it purifies, and above all, it is as free as the wind that blows wherever it wishes.And I do not see the true and deep beauty of my brother, my sister, as long as I do not discern that light in their heart. The Eucharist makes manifest the communion that is being established between us and in all of humanity. This is the work of the fire of the Holy Spirit. Our task as witnesses is to let ourselves be overwhelmed by this mystery, to announce it through our given life, and to walk together towards communion.