{"id":108745,"date":"2025-08-12T14:48:30","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T18:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.catholicherald.com\/?post_type=article&#038;p=108745"},"modified":"2025-08-07T14:51:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T18:51:06","slug":"he-venido-a-prender-fuego-en-el-mundo","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.catholicherald.com\/es\/article\/en-espanol\/opinion\/he-venido-a-prender-fuego-en-el-mundo\/","title":{"rendered":"He venido a prender fuego en el mundo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p>En el Evangelio de este domingo, Jes\u00fas declara con pasi\u00f3n: \u201cHe venido a prender fuego en el mundo, \u00a1y cu\u00e1nto desear\u00eda que ya estuviera ardiendo!\u201d (Lc 12, 49). Este fuego no es de destrucci\u00f3n, sino de amor. Es el fuego del Esp\u00edritu Santo, el ardiente amor de Dios que transforma, purifica, y renueva todo lo que toca. Es un fuego que quiere prenderse en nuestros corazones para encender el mundo entero con esperanza y misericordia.<\/p>\n<p>Los santos y m\u00edsticos han entendido este fuego como el deseo de Jes\u00fas de que todos conozcamos y experimentemos el amor de Dios por nosotros. Un amor que quema el ego\u00edsmo, que ilumina la oscuridad del pecado, y que nos llena de vida nueva. No es un fuego que destruye, sino que da verdadera paz.<\/p>\n<p>Pero esta paz no siempre es entendida o aceptada. Jes\u00fas advierte que seguirlo puede traer divisi\u00f3n: \u201c\u00bfPiensan que he venido a traer la paz a la tierra? No, les digo, sino divisi\u00f3n\u201d (Lc 12, 51). Esto no significa que Jes\u00fas promueva el conflicto, sino que su mensaje exige una decisi\u00f3n radical de seguirlo. Y esta decisi\u00f3n, cuando es tomada en serio, puede provocar rechazo, incluso dentro de la propia familia o comunidad.<\/p>\n<p>Cuando elegimos vivir seg\u00fan el Evangelio \u2014en santidad, justicia, perd\u00f3n, verdad y caridad\u2014 a veces nos encontraremos con rechazo y persecuci\u00f3n, incluso de parte de nuestros propios familiares y amigos. Pero no debemos tener miedo. El fuego del amor de Dios nos sostiene y nos da la fuerza para perseverar.<\/p>\n<p>Hoy, Jes\u00fas nos invita a dejarnos prender por ese fuego. \u00bfEstoy dispuesto a ser encendido por su amor? \u00bfA dejarme transformar y a ser instrumento de ese amor en mi entorno, incluso si eso significa incomprensi\u00f3n o rechazo?<\/p>\n<p>Se\u00f1or Jes\u00fas, enciende en nosotros el fuego de tu amor. Que arda en nuestros corazones y nos convierta en llamas vivas de tu presencia en el mundo. Am\u00e9n.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>En el Evangelio de este domingo, Jes\u00fas declara con pasi\u00f3n: \u201cHe venido a prender fuego en el mundo, \u00a1y cu\u00e1nto desear\u00eda que ya estuviera ardiendo!\u201d (Lc 12, 49). Este fuego no es de destrucci\u00f3n, sino de amor. 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