{"id":9377,"date":"2026-04-02T19:05:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T17:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/predication.net\/?p=9377"},"modified":"2026-04-02T23:08:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T21:08:03","slug":"holy-saturday-night-of-easter-easter-vigil-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/predication.net\/?p=9377","title":{"rendered":"Holy Saturday \/Night of Easter – Easter Vigil<\/gwmw>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Love means giving…\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

My dear brothers and sisters,
Today’s liturgy began with the blessing of the fire. During that prayer, it was said that this fire is a sign of Christ and a blessing for us all. Yes. Once, when Christ looked at his disciples and all those who followed him, he exclaimed: ‘I have come to cast fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!’ Christ is fire; Christ is the light of the world. Whoever receives this light will no longer walk in darkness or wander, but will walk the sure path to heaven.\u00a0<\/h2>\n

Christ is fire. What does fire do? It provides warmth and light. Therefore, fire is a sign of love, because wherever love is present, it brings spiritual warmth as well as kindness, mercy, forbearance, and goodness. Love forgives others and sees only the good in them. Yes, love is just that. Love means giving a gift. Love means giving a gift. Christ is love; he is a flame that warms and shines. He arrived on this earth to share his love and kindle this light. His love knew no bounds, so he is that flame. He died for us on the cross. Jesus laid down his life for his friends\u2014the ultimate act of love. He did this so that his light would shine in our hearts and lives and the flame of God’s love would burn within us.\u00a0<\/h2>\n

Christ is love. Firefighters know that fire must be cared for and can be easily extinguished. The Lord gave us this gift of grace in holy baptism: the gift of becoming children of God, the gift of becoming brothers, and the gift of entering the eternal kingdom of God. But like fire, this gift must be maintained.\u00a0<\/h2>\n

How is this fire maintained? It is a supernatural fire through prayer. But that alone is not enough. In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus said to the apostles: ‘Pray and watch, lest you fall into temptation.’ So prayer and vigilance are two necessary elements for the fire that Christ threw on the ground and wants to ignite in your heart, your family, this parish, this village, and this country. Therefore, it is necessary to maintain this fire by being vigilant and cautious. I pray, and I obtain this grace. We can compare prayer to the oxygen that the flame needs. But the air must not be too strong; otherwise, the fire will be extinguished.\u00a0<\/h2>\n

Now, without speaking too loftily or theoretically, what does this analogy mean specifically? Prayer comes from the word of God, that is, one reads, meditates on, rays, and speaks to God daily. And prudence means refraining from this dialogue with evil, resisting seduction, and obeying rather than following one’s own instincts, because the key to this whole treasury of the Kingdom of God is obedience. That is the key. Jesus merited us through obedience on the cross, that is, obedience to the Word of God and obedience to the one whom the Lord sent here, to the Holy Father, the Bishop. Obedience is the key to opening that treasury and, at the same time, to keeping that flame. Living, maintaining, and taking care of this fire correctly requires not following one’s own ego. That is not possible. Christ, who is our Lord, who gave this fire, knows very well how we should keep that fire of God’s love in our hearts. He knows this, so we must listen to him; we must obey him. Listening means I hear the word; obeying means I do what he says. He knows the secret of this fire; he knows what needs to be done to keep this fire in us. Christ was sentenced to eternity. Kindle<\/span> this fire because the readings merit a new Spirit, so that we will know what God desires. And that is the new Spirit, the Spirit of Christ. He said: “He who loves me keeps my word. Or whoever keeps my word, he it is who loves me truly. And we will come to him and make our home with him. Do you understand what Christ is saying to you? He is telling you and all of us that He has loved us eternally, and He never takes it back; His love\u2014that He never regretted dying on the cross for you, that He was spat on, that He was scourged, that He was mocked, and that He was wrongly condemned. He has never regretted it and will never regret it, because He cannot deny merited for That is why He has loved you from eternity, and He still loves you from eternity. He keeps bringing this fire and does everything to ensure that the smoldering wick in your heart, which is a tiny flame that has remained, is not extinguished. He never breaks a reed but seeks everything so that the fire of his death, suffering, and resurrection burns in your heart.<\/span><\/h2>\n

Jesus is the light; darkness is the enemy of God. Shortly, we will renounce the darkness and the enemy of God. We will renounce Satan and all that he stands for, and we will say: ‘Lord, we love you and want to respond responsibly to your call and your love.’ We want to see and hear, and we want to be interested. We want to respond like those who have heard your voice and felt the heat of the fire you brought.<\/span><\/h2>\n

Christ is light, love, and truth. Those who love the light go to it, but those who hate it don’t, as the Lord says, because they would be exposed as liars. This year, which particularly emphasizes the renewal of baptism, let us confess our faith and renounce evil. You, Lord, are resurrection and life; you are our lover and our love. You never revoke your covenant; you always confirm it on the altar. You are our way out of any situation. Amen.<\/h2>\n\n\n

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