Word and Fire

Father, source of light and warmth, 

send us your living word and make us accept it without fear 

and accept to be embraced by it.  

Thy word come, Lord, and, 

once thy unquenchable fire is kindled in our hearts, 

we ourselves will be bearers of this fire for one another.

  Take us, Lord, in warm and luminous words,

 capable of setting the world on fire, 

so that every man may feel surrounded by

 the infinite flames of your love. 

Amen.