In the coming of the Holy Spirit, God sets us on fire to make us a kind of fire. In so doing, he purifies us and prepares us to meet him one day.

See Jesus comes first, He has to, because He is the Baptizer of The Holy Spirit and fire. “After the Holy Spirit has come upon you, you will receive power” [Acts 1:8 a].

“Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of thy faithful and enkindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth thy spirit and they shall be created, and you will renew the face of the earth.” ...

Say “Holy Spirit,” and most imagine a dove or tongues of fire gently descending. But the Celts envisioned something wilder: a goose in flight—honking across the sky, untamed and impossible ...