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Christ rose from the tomb in glory at Easter, transformed, as if in a blazing fire of charity, as the Holy Spirit delivered him from death's bondage.

Christ rose from the tomb in glory at Easter, transformed, as if in a blazing fire of charity, as the Holy Spirit delivered him from death's bondage.

Purification and Deification are necessary if we are to enter the pure fire of the Godhead when we die.

The fierce purity of the Godhead can be pictured as the burning radiance of a triple wheel of fire - which we shall enter.

I was shown a symbol of the Holy Trinity: three triangles, with a fire like molten lava (representing Divine Love) at the heart of each.

I was shown a symbol of the Holy Trinity: three triangles, with a fire like molten lava (representing Divine Love) at the heart of each.

Children' of God are at play in His Presence, it seems, amongst the tendrils of flame with which the Father reaches out from the great, bright fire of the Godhead.

Where spiritual friends are open-hearted, and one receives Christ in Holy Communion, Christ's glory is so great that it blazes forth and even touches and 'scorches' the other friend.

When I praised the Father for His gifts in prayer, he showed me that His Holy Spirit enfolds me in sweet 'fire', in joy.

Just as the people of God in Moses' time were led by a pillar of fire, a true contemplative today can be guided interiorly as if by a strong sweet fire. It teaches and consoles in just the way that Christ does.

Just as the people of God in Moses' time were led by a pillar of fire, a true contemplative today can be guided interiorly as if by a strong sweet fire. It teaches and consoles in just the way that Christ does.

When one soul is willing to pray with and for another, at a distance, it's as if the fire of charity in him is directed towards that other soul (as well as towards God).

When one soul is willing to pray with and for another, at a distance, it's as if the fire of charity in him is directed towards that other soul (as well as towards God).

God is simple: God is love: an outpouring love, so powerful and pure that He is like a torrent of flame which either burns or consoles.

It's as if the 'heart' of each person, in his private union with God, is sheltered behind a huge wall; yet the fire of charity and joy which blazes there can be glimpsed from a distance.

The Lord explained that through union with Christ, I am 'on fire' with praise, in church, in silent prayer.

Christ prayed to the Father, in His earthly life: prayer from one Divine Person to another, equal in majesty. The reciprocal love blazing out between them is the Holy Spirit: a torrent of love so fiery and radiant that no sinful creature could have borne the sight. Only in Heaven can we see it, in its fullness.

The All-Holy and Majestic God is present with us in our sanctuary, like a blazing fire that reaches out through the whole building

The All-Holy and Majestic God is present with us in our sanctuary, like a blazing fire that reaches out through the whole building

At Mass, it's as if a blazing fire of Divine love penetrates the church - love from the Father Who 'gives' His Son to us at every Mass. If we could see the flames, how reverent we would be, in the Presence of the All-Holy!