Blaze Spirit blaze! set our hearts on fire...

Hey all,
I was attending this praise and worship at St. Bernadette church, during the 5th anniversary of Effata prayer meeting, and we sang this old song of "Shine Jesus Shine". Remember this song?

But one part strike me, in the verse, we sang...

Blaze...Spirit...blaze...set our hearts on fire...
Flow...river Flow...Flood the nations with grace and Mercy...
send Forth your Word and let there be light.

What a wonderful Song!

Blaze..Spirit blaze it says, just as our Rally's name is, Ablaze!
Blaze..Spirit blaze,...set our hearts on fire...

yes, set our hearts on fire. But what kind of fire is this? Is it only emotional and youth enthusiasm? Or is it only feeling good or feeling high? Or maybe, is it only about jumping and clapping?

Is this the Fire that we are talking about? Well, I don't think so...

Some how God reminded me of another song...

title: Refiner's Fire

Purify my heart
Let me be as gold and precious silver
Purify my heart
Let me be as gold, pure gold

Refiner's fire
My heart's one desire
Is to be holy
Set apart for You Lord
I choose to be holy
Set apart for You my Master
Ready to do Your will


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I guess this is the fire that we are praying for. It is not a fire of emotionally high, it is not a fire of jumping and clapping, it is not a fire that dims after one or two weeks. No it is not...

It is the Refiner's Fire that we are praying for. A fire that purify the hearts of young people, it is the fire that set their hearts ablazed with God's Love, and God alone. It is the fire that Moses saw, the fire that burns but does not consume, the fire that makes the place a Holy ground. It is the fire that burns the hearts young people and makes it Holy and acceptable to God.

Yes, it is the fire that set the hearts of young peple apart for their God. And just as the song says

Refiner's fire
My heart's one desire
Is to be holy
Set apart for You Lord
I choose to be holy
Set apart for You my Master
Ready to do Your will

This is what we need, Saints! not just gifted or dynamic young people, but young Saints! The Church needs saints! our late Pope said

Dear young people, the Church needs genuine witnesses for the new evangelisation: men and women whose lives have been transformed by meeting with Jesus, men and women who are capable of communicating this experience to others. The Church needs saints. All are called to holiness, and holy people alone can renew humanity.
--Pope John Paul II, TO THE YOUTH OF THE WORLD ON THE OCCASION OF THE 20th WORLD YOUTH DAY (COLOGNE, AUGUST 2005)


Come, O Holy Spirit,
Fills the hearts of your faithful
and enkindle in them...
the FIRE...
of your LOVE