The Holy Spirit falls on these fearful folk and what they encounter echoes Pascal – fire . From a place of dejection and death there erupts abundant hope and life . But this fire doesn ’ t consume these contrasts – it inflames them , it ignites the disciples ’ imaginations ; it kindles their passion ; the Spirit is the divine incendiary that consumes the disciples and yet leaves them unscorched . They remain who they are in the fiery crucible of life . They are unchanged but can never be the same . And in the midst of all this they could say along with Pascal that single word which reflected their burning hope – fire .
Another French ( he , like Pascal , was born in Clermont ) theologian / scientist , Pierre Teilhard de Chardin , writing optimistically some 300 years after Pascal , would agree . He had a strong sense of the connectivity of God with all things . This led him to combine his scientific and theological thinking and suggest that :
Someday , after mastering the winds , the waves , the tides and gravity , we shall harness for God the energies of love , and then , for a second time in the history of the world , man will have discovered fire .
Teilhard , Pascal and the disciples in their contrasting ways are Pentecost people . Their experience puts ours in question . And I guess , following the theme , that question may well run something like this : ‘ Who or what are you holding a torch for ?’
Bus Service to / from South Glasgow University Hospital
The 77 bus branded Hospital Connect will run from Buchanan St . to hospital up to every 10 minutes 7 days a week .
The 34A will serve Castlemilk , Croftfoot , Victoria Infirmary , Battlefield , Shawlands and Cardonald to the South Glasgow University Hospital .
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These buses are run by First Glasgow and , hopefully , this information might be helpful to people with appointments or visiting at the new hospital .
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