Luke 12:49–53
Jesus said to the crowds, "I came to bring fire to the
earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! I have a baptism with which to
be baptized, and what stress I am under until it is completed! Do you think
that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but rather
division! From now on five in one household will be divided, three against two
and two against three; they will be divided: father against son and son against
father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law
against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."
Reflection
Where can I find the gentle, meek and mild Jesus in today’s
gospel?
Can I realize that conformity and harmony are never to be
imposed or sough for themselves?